公开(公告)号：US20240017128A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US17862876

申请日：2022-07-12

Applicant: Acushnet Company

Inventor： Matthew Hogge ,  Michael Madson ,  Steven Aoyama ,  Vincent Simonds ,  Courtney Engle

IPC: A63B37/00

CPC classification number: A63B37/0022 ,  A63B2071/0694

Abstract: Sighting aids for golf balls that allow a golfer to sight a direction in which to hit or putt a golf ball and a method of producing the same and golf balls having sighting aids that have a certain degree of wrap determined by a sighting equation and surface coverage determine by a surface coverage equation.

公开(公告)号：US12161916B1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17714521

申请日：2022-04-06

Applicant: Acushnet Company

Inventor： Vincent Simonds ,  Matthew Hogge ,  Michael Madson ,  Michael McNamara ,  Kenneth Rebello ,  Jedediah James ,  Michael Couto

IPC: B41M7/00 ,  A63B37/00 ,  A63B45/02 ,  B41M1/40

Abstract: Golf balls having one or more marks for improving the detection and tracking thereof by radar systems and methods of applying the marks to the golf balls are provided. The methods of the present disclosure involve applying the radar detectable marks to a layer of the golf ball by pad printing. The methods described herein utilize a plurality of pad printing stations having multi-impact capabilities and reorientation mechanisms to apply the radar detectable marks to the golf ball layer. The use of the multi-impact pad printers combined with the rotational capabilities of the reorientation mechanisms enables precise delivery of the radar detectable marks in a consistent and repeatable manner over the entire surface of the golf ball layer and multi-pole printing within a wide print area on the golf ball layer.