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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Edwards, Dubuque, 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 / ;
Abstract
A friction steering drive system for electric fishing motors of the type customarily used in trolling. These trolling motors commonly have the motor-propeller assembly supported at the lower end of a motor tube that is held by a swivel bracket secured to the mounting assembly of the boat. To steer the boat, the motor-propeller assembly is turned by actuating a steering drive motor that turns the motor tube through a gear train and a friction drive connection between the steering gear and the motor tube.