Patents by Inventor Jan Axel Svenson

Jan Axel Svenson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fishing reel and a method of braking the spool thereof with line tension sensor
    Patent number: 6109555
    Abstract: A fishing reel having a brake mechanism including a brake drum provided on a spool receiving a fishing line thereon. A line tension sensor for determining the tension of the fishing line is operatively connected to the brake mechanism which includes at least one brake for engaging the brake drum connected with the spool. Under the control of the line tension sensor the brake mechanism is engaged with the brake drum for pre-braking by friction the rotating spool at initial slack in the fishing line. The brake mechanism is engaged with the brake drum for abruptly stopping by wedging the spool at slack beyond the initial slack. Under the control of the line tension sensor, the brake mechanism frictionally engages the brake drum for pre-braking the rotating spool when slack is initially sensed in the fishing line. When slack beyond that initially sensed occurs, at least one brake of the brake mechanism is wedged against the brake drum for abruptly stopping the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Berkley, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Axel Svenson, Ernst Robert Gosta Axelsson, Roger William Ylikangas