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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Perin Truax, Caledonia, MI (US);
Macrae Parks, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Elzie McKinney, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Brian Scott, Comstock Park, MI (US);
John Witte, Ada, MI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US);
Abstract
A trolling motor assembly includes a base and an attached cradle. A transmission housing is coupled to the base by a pivot pin defining an axis about which the transmission housing pivots. A shaft is supported by the transmission housing and moves relative to the transmission housing in a direction which is parallel to a central axis of the shaft. The shaft is also rotatable with respect to the transmission housing about the central axis. A thrust motor is attached to and moves and rotates with the shaft. The assembly is movable from a deployed position, in which the shaft central axis is aligned vertically, the transmission housing is locked in an upright position, and the thrust motor is below water, to a stowed position, in which the shaft central axis is aligned horizontally, the transmission housing is pivoted onto its side, and the thrust motor rests in the cradle.