Patent ID: 8029388

Claim:
A method for arranging a plurality of dimples on a golf ball surface to form a dimple pattern comprising: choosing a polyhedron; generating, a first and second irregular domain on the polyhedron; mapping the irregular domains on to a sphere; packing the irregular domains with dimples, either before or after mapping the irregular domains on to the sphere; tessellating the irregular domains to cover a surface of the sphere, either before or after packing the irregular domains with dimples; wherein the irregular domains are generated through the steps comprising: connecting a center of a first face of the polyhedron to a center of a second face adjacent to the first face with a sketch line, wherein the first face and the second face are coextensive at an edge; rotating a first copy of the sketch line 180 degrees about a midpoint of the edge, such that the first copy connects the center of the first face to the center of the second face; defining the first irregular domain, wherein the first irregular domain is bounded by the sketch line and the first copy of the sketch line; rotating subsequent copies of the sketch line about a vertex on the edge such that sketch line and subsequent copies fully surround the vertex; and defining a second irregular domain, wherein the second irregular domain is bounded by the sketch line and the subsequent copies.