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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:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
May. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rodney L Smith, Albuequerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ; B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440-7 ; 440 59 ;
Abstract
A trolling motor foot control apparatus is set forth to provide steering to a trolling motor by use of an associated reversing electric motor oriented orthogonally relative to the downwardly depending steering shaft of the trolling motor. The electric motor is provided with an axially extending worm gear cooperative with an internally threaded collar pivotally mounted relative to the trolling motor. A remote treadle control controls rotation of the electric motor to accordingly control desired rotation of the worm gear and accordingly control pivoting of the trolling motor for steerage purposes.