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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tom J Kraus, Sherrill, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Eska Company, Dubuque, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440-6 ; 1141 / ; 7448 / ;
Abstract
A steering drive system for electric fishing motors of the type having a motor-propeller assembly supported at the lower end of a motor tube. The motor tube is driven through a friction drive arrangement by a steering gear that is rotated through a gear train by a steering drive motor. To limit the rotation of the steering gear, and thus limit the rotation of the motor-propeller assembly, a limit switch is triggered by a simple actuator driven also by the steering gear. The unique arrangement permits the motor-propeller assembly to be turned through a full range whether in forward or reverse without use of complicated gears, belts or chains.