What is claimed is:
1. A golf ball having a large number of dimples on a surface thereof, wherein the dimple includes an edge and an outer region positioned on an outside of the edge and a mean value of a width W of the outer region is 0.03 mm to 0.20 mm.
2. The golf ball according to claim 1, wherein a mean value of a ratio (Wd) of the width W of the outer region to a maximum dimension d of the dimple is 0.015 to 0.040.
3. The golf ball according to claim 1, wherein a mean value of an angle formed by the outer region and a maximum dimension line is 1.0 degree to 15.0 degrees.
4. The golf ball according to claim 2, wherein a mean value of an angle formed by the outer region and a maximum dimension line is 1.0 degree to 15.0 degrees.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An energy management system for managing the power drawn by a power module from a power source, said power module comprising a plurality of primary inductors, wherein said energy management system comprises:
at least one power monitor operable to monitor the power drawn by said power module and to produce a power signal, said power signal comprising information relating to the power drawn by the power module;
at least one load detector operable to detect the presence of an electric load inductively coupled to at least one of said plurality of primary inductors and further operable to produce a detection signal upon detection of said electric load;
at least one controller operable to receive said power signal and said detection signal, select at least one primary inductor to be activated and control power delivered to said at least one primary inductor.
2. The energy management system of claim 1, said controller being configured to sequentially connect a plurality of said primary inductors to said power source.
3. The energy management system of claim 1 additionally comprising at least one energy reservoir and a reservoir monitor, the reservoir monitor being operable to monitor the level of energy stored in said at least one energy reservoir and to produce a reservoir signal comprising information relating to the energy level of each of said at least one energy reservoir, wherein the controller is operable to selectively couple the energy reservoir to the power source based on the energy reservoir power level provided by reservoir signal.
4. The energy management system of claim 3, wherein said energy reservoir is selected from at least one of the group comprising a voltaic cell, a capacitor, a fuel cell, a supercapacitor, a flow battery and a superconducting magnetic energy store.
5. The energy management system of claim 3, wherein said at least one energy reservoir is incorporated within the power module and is connectable to said power source and connectable to at least one of said plurality of primary inductors.
6. The energy management system of claim 5, wherein the power module comprises one energy reservoir, said energy reservoir being connectable to the power source and connectable to all of said plurality of primary inductors.
7. The energy management system of claim 5, wherein the power module comprises a plurality of said energy reservoirs, each energy reservoir being connectable to one of said plurality of primary inductors.
8. The energy management system of claim 3, wherein said each of said one or more energy reservoirs is incorporated within each of one or more of said electric load.
9. The energy management system of claim 8, wherein said electric load further comprises a transmitter operable to provide data regarding the power level the incorporated energy reservoir to the reservoir monitor.
10. The energy management system of claim 8, the electric load being a computer and the energy reservoir being one or more onboard rechargeable power cells.
11. A method for managing the power drawn by a power module from a power source, said power module comprising at least one power monitor, at least one load detector, at least one controller, and a plurality of primary inductors, each primary inductor being connectable to said power source, said method comprising:
the at least one power monitor monitoring the power drawn by said power module and producing a power signal, said power signal comprising information relating to the power delivered to the power module;
the at least one load detector detecting at least one electric load coupled with at least one of said plurality of said primary inductors and producing a detection signal thereupon;
the at least one controller receiving the power signal and the detection signal;
the at least one controller selecting at least one of said plurality of primary inductors to be activated;
the at least one controller determining a duty cycle for connecting the active primary inductors; and
the at least one controller connecting the active primary inductors to the power source according to said duty cycle.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein a plurality of said primary inductors are activated, and said duty cycle connects each of said active primary inductors to the power source individually and sequentially.
13. The method of claim 11 additionally comprising the steps:
providing at least one energy reservoir;
providing a reservoir monitor;
the reservoir monitor monitoring the level of energy stored in said at least one energy reservoir and producing a reservoir signal comprising information relating to the energy level of each of said one or more energy reservoirs; and
the controller receiving said reservoir signal and selectively coupling the at least one energy reservoir to the power source based on the information provided by the reservoir signal.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said at least one energy reservoir is incorporated within the power module and is connectable to said power source and connectable to at least one of said plurality of primary inductors.
15. The method of claim 13, comprising the additional step:
connecting said at least one energy reservoir to at least one activated primary inductor when said activated primary inductor is disconnected from said power source.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the power module comprises one energy reservoir, said energy reservoir being connectable to the power source and connectable to all of said plurality of primary inductors.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the power module comprises a plurality of said energy reservoirs, each energy reservoir being connectable to one of said plurality of primary inductors.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein said each of said one or more energy reservoirs is incorporated within each of said at least one electric load.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of:
providing a transmitter incorporated in the at least one electric load; and
the transmitter transmitting data regarding the power level of the incorporated energy reservoir to the reservoir monitor.
20. The method of claim 18, the electric load being a computer and the energy reservoir being one or more onboard rechargeable power cells.