Patents by Inventor Steven Ruffe

Steven Ruffe 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).

  • Publication number: 20050159053
    Abstract: An outboard trolling motor deployment assembly and control system for a boat which is afloat in a body of water includes an outboard trolling motor assembly having at least one, but preferably, one pair of outboard trolling motors. A deployment assembly is disposed in cooperative engagement with the outboard trolling motor assembly and is structured to facilitate positioning the outboard trolling motors between a stowed position and at least one predetermined deployed position. The predetermined deployed position is at least partially defined by a thrust axis of the outboard trolling motor assembly being disposed substantially parallel to a longitudinal centerline of the boat. The system also includes a control assembly, wherein the control assembly may include one or more actuation, direction, and/or speed switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventor: Steven Ruffe