Patents by Inventor Prentice Gean Moore

Prentice Gean Moore 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).

  • Optical remote control for trolling motors and method of control
    Patent number: 5797339
    Abstract: A system (8) for controlling from a remote position the direction and speed of a trolling motor (16) that includes a steering motor (24) for turning the trolling motor (16), an optical receiver (22) coupled to the steering motor (24) and to a throttle (26), which is coupled to the trolling motor (16), and one or more reflectors (30, 40). An operator (10) may use a transmitter (18, 20) to develop an optical signal (34) representing a desired direction and speed for the trolling motor (16). Optical reflectors (30) assure delivery of the optical signal (34) to the optical receiver (22) notwithstanding potential obstacles (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Prentice Gean Moore, Stephen P. Malak
  • Trolling motor foot pedal control
    Patent number: D408827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn Evan Cook, III, Thomas Earl Griffith, Sr., Prentice Gean Moore, Richard J. Robbins