Patents Assigned to David C. Nilsen
  • Drive mechanism for a fishing reel
    Publication number: 20030155459
    Abstract: A dual speed fishing reel having a housing with a spool on a spool shaft, a driven gear on the spool shaft and having a low speed pinion and a high speed pinion, a drive shaft, a low speed drive gear for engaging the low speed pinion and a high speed drive gear for engaging the high speed pinion, with the drive gears carried on the drive shaft, with one of the drive gears fixed to the drive shaft for rotation by the drive shaft and with the other of the drive gears riding on the drive shaft independent of rotation of the drive shaft, with the high speed drive gear engageable with the low speed drive gear, and a gear shift for moving the low speed drive gear into and out of engagement with the high speed drive gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: David C. Nilsen
    Inventor: Douglas H. Nilsen
  • Two-speed fishing reel with drag mechanism
    Patent number: 6102316
    Abstract: A dual speed fishing reel having a housing with a spool on a spool shaft, a driven gear on the spool shaft and having a low speed pinion and a high speed pinion, a drive shaft, a low speed drive gear for engaging the low speed pinion and a high speed drive gear for engaging the high speed pinion, with the drive gears carried on the drive shaft, with one of the drive gears fixed to the drive shaft for rotation by the drive shaft and with the other of the drive gears riding on the drive shaft independent of rotation of the drive shaft, with the high speed drive gear engageable with the low speed drive gear, and a gear shift for moving the low speed drive gear into and out of engagement with the high speed drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: David C. Nilsen
    Inventor: Douglas H. Nilsen