Patents by Inventor Joseph Donald Frederick Raffills

Joseph Donald Frederick Raffills 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).

  • Marine device position adjustment assembly
    Patent number: 11878783
    Abstract: A marine device assembly, such including a trolling motor and/or at least one sonar transducer, is provided for attachment to a watercraft. The trolling motor and/or sonar transducer is attached at an end of a shaft. The marine device assembly includes a position adjustment assembly comprising a plurality of rotatable drums surrounding the shaft that are configured to adjust the rotational and/or vertical position of the trolling motor and/or sonar transducer(s) in accordance with a position adjustment command. In various aspects, the drums are configured to independently rotate about the shaft in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to cause the trolling motor and/or sonar transducer(s) to rotate about the central axis of the shaft and/or translate along the central axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Navico, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Donald Frederick Raffills, Antony Michael Mackenzie
  • MARINE DEVICE POSITION ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230062830
    Abstract: A marine device assembly, such including a trolling motor and/or at least one sonar transducer, is provided for attachment to a watercraft. The trolling motor and/or sonar transducer is attached at an end of a shaft. The marine device assembly includes a position adjustment assembly comprising a plurality of rotatable drums surrounding the shaft that are configured to adjust the rotational and/or vertical position of the trolling motor and/or sonar transducer(s) in accordance with a position adjustment command. In various aspects, the drums are configured to independently rotate about the shaft in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to cause the trolling motor and/or sonar transducer(s) to rotate about the central axis of the shaft and/or translate along the central axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Donald Frederick Raffills, Antony Michael Mackenzie