Patents by Inventor Steven Aoyama
Steven Aoyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240075348Abstract: Golf balls include dimples for generating a turbulent boundary layer. At least some of the dimples include a fan-shape. The fan-shaped dimple has a plurality of blades. Each blade has a trailing edge flush with a land area of a spherical surface of the golf ball, a leading edge, and a side wall connected to the leading edge. The dimple also has a sloped floor extending from the trailing edge to the leading edge, a blade tip connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge at a distal end of the blade, and a blade root connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge at a proximal end of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Publication number: 20240017128Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Matthew Hogge, Michael Madson, Steven Aoyama, Vincent Simonds, Courtney Engle
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Patent number: 11813500Abstract: Golf balls include dimples for generating a turbulent boundary layer. At least some of the dimples include a fan-shape. The fan-shaped dimple has a plurality of blades. Each blade has a trailing edge flush with a land area of a spherical surface of the golf ball, a leading edge, and a side wall connected to the leading edge. The dimple also has a sloped floor extending from the trailing edge to the leading edge, a blade tip connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge at a distal end of the blade, and a blade root connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge at a proximal end of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Publication number: 20230302328Abstract: Golf balls include dimples for generating a turbulent boundary layer. At least some of the dimples include a fan-shape. The fan-shaped dimple has a plurality of blades. Each blade has a trailing edge flush with a land area of a spherical surface of the golf ball, a leading edge, and a side wall connected to the leading edge. The dimple also has a sloped floor extending from the trailing edge to the leading edge, a blade tip connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge at a distal end of the blade, and a blade root connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge at a proximal end of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Publication number: 20190151719Abstract: The present invention is directed to golf balls having a diameter of greater than 1.68 inches and including at least one layer formed from an HNP composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Steven Aoyama
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Patent number: 10245469Abstract: The present invention relates to golf balls, specifically to a golf ball comprising an aerodynamic pattern having novel shaped dimple structures which reduce the variation in airflow turning angle thereby improving the golf ball's flight performance. The dimple structures have a conical shaped base with a dimple in the center and reduced or no flat land areas between the dimples.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Steven Aoyama, Traci L. Olson
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Publication number: 20190076702Abstract: The present invention concerns golf balls having a modified aerodynamic configuration and a method for creating a modified aerodynamic configuration that improves dimple coverage, interdigitation, and non-alignment in golf ball dimple patterns by rotating the repeating area elements about pre-determined center points, with further optional steps of expanding or contracting the elemental arrangements about pre-determined center points, enlarging or reducing the sizes of dimples, and adding extra dimples to occupy land areas created by the previous steps. The resulting modified aerodynamic configuration with a rotated element has increased dimple coverage, greater interdigitation and improved non-alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Patent number: 10188912Abstract: The present invention is directed to golf balls having a diameter of greater than 1.68 inches and including at least one layer formed from an HNP composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Steven Aoyama
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Patent number: 10155135Abstract: The present invention concerns golf balls having a modified aerodynamic configuration and a method for creating a modified aerodynamic configuration that improves dimple coverage, interdigitation, and non-alignment in golf ball dimple patterns by rotating the repeating area elements about pre-determined center points, with further optional steps of expanding or contracting the elemental arrangements about pre-determined center points, enlarging or reducing the sizes of dimples, and adding extra dimples to occupy land areas created by the previous steps. The resulting modified aerodynamic configuration with a rotated element has increased dimple coverage, greater interdigitation and improved non-alignment.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Publication number: 20180221715Abstract: The present invention relates to golf balls, specifically to a golf ball comprising an aerodynamic pattern having novel shaped dimple structures which reduce the variation in airflow turning angle thereby improving the golf ball's flight performance. The dimple structures have a conical shaped base with a dimple in the center and reduced or no flat land areas between the dimples.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Steven Aoyama, Traci L. Olson
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Publication number: 20180161631Abstract: The present invention concerns golf balls having a modified aerodynamic configuration and a method for creating a modified aerodynamic configuration that improves dimple coverage, interdigitation, and non-alignment in golf ball dimple patterns by rotating the repeating area elements about their pre-determined center points, with further optional steps of expanding or contracting the elemental arrangements about their pre-determined center points, enlarging or reducing the sizes of dimples, and adding extra dimples to occupy land areas created by the previous steps. The resulting modified aerodynamic configuration with a rotated element has increased dimple coverage, greater interdigitation and improved non-alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Publication number: 20180161630Abstract: The present invention concerns golf balls having a modified aerodynamic configuration and a method for creating a modified aerodynamic configuration that improves dimple coverage, interdigitation, and non-alignment in golf ball dimple patterns by rotating the repeating area elements about pre-determined center points, with further optional steps of expanding or contracting the elemental arrangements about pre-determined center points, enlarging or reducing the sizes of dimples, and adding extra dimples to occupy land areas created by the previous steps. The resulting modified aerodynamic configuration with a rotated element has increased dimple coverage, greater interdigitation and improved non-alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Patent number: 9956454Abstract: The present invention relates to golf balls, specifically to a golf ball comprising an aerodynamic pattern having novel shaped dimple structures which reduce the variation in airflow turning angle thereby improving the golf ball's flight performance. The dimple structures have a conical shaped base with a dimple in the center and reduced or no flat land areas between the dimples.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Steven Aoyama, Traci L. Olson
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Publication number: 20160339301Abstract: The present invention relates to golf balls, specifically to a golf ball comprising an aerodynamic pattern having novel shaped dimple structures which reduce the variation in airflow turning angle thereby improving the golf ball's flight performance. The dimple structures have a conical shaped base with a dimple in the center and reduced or no flat land areas between the dimples.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Steven Aoyama, Traci L. Olson
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Publication number: 20160303430Abstract: Large diameter golf balls having a foam core are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Steven Aoyama
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Patent number: 9403063Abstract: The present invention relates to golf balls, specifically to a golf ball comprising an aerodynamic pattern having novel shaped dimple structures which reduce the variation in airflow turning angle thereby improving the golf ball's flight performance. The dimple structures have a conical shaped base with a dimple in the center and reduced or no flat land areas between the dimples.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Steven Aoyama, Traci L. Olson
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Patent number: 9381403Abstract: Large diameter golf balls having a foam core are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Steven Aoyama
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Patent number: 9180344Abstract: A golf ball dimple having a plurality of arms wherein each arm includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, side walls, and a sloped floor. The dimples of the invention may be included in a dimple pattern that may also include other types of dimples.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Steven Aoyama
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Publication number: 20150174452Abstract: The present invention relates to golf balls, specifically to a golf ball comprising an aerodynamic pattern having novel shaped dimple structures which reduce the variation in airflow turning angle thereby improving the golf ball's flight performance. The dimple structures have a conical shaped base with a dimple in the center and reduced or no flat land areas between the dimples.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Acushnet CompanyInventors: Steven Aoyama, Traci L. Olson
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Publication number: 20150141166Abstract: Large diameter golf balls having a foam core are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: ACUSHNET COMPANYInventors: Michael J. Sullivan, Mark L. Binette, Steven Aoyama