Motor Driven Patents (Class 242/225)
  • Patent number: 11147253
    Abstract: An automatic media integrated fishing reel for automating reel in, capturing video, and providing entertainment includes a reel housing having a removable top having a line aperture extending through to an inner cavity. A base is coupled to the reel housing and is configured to attach to a fishing pole. A line spool is coupled within the inner cavity and is configured to receive a fishing line. A motor is coupled to the line spool to wind and unwind the fishing line on the line spool. A power source is coupled within the inner cavity and is in operational communication with the motor. A plurality of control buttons is in operational communication with the motor. A video recorder is coupled to the reel housing. A CPU is in operational communication with each of the motor, the power source, the plurality of control buttons, and the video recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Johnson Washington, Chad Perkins
  • Patent number: 10779523
    Abstract: A one hand spinning reel system includes a fixed spool and a bail coupled to a trigger switch for opening and optionally closing the bail, and a solid spindle coupled to a motor that is controlled by a motor switch. When the one hand spinning reel system is affixed to a fishing rod, the trigger switch and the motor switch can be operated, and the fishing line can be controlled, using the same hand used to hold the fishing rod and to cast the fishing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Reel American Heroes Foundation
    Inventor: Ronald R. DeFreitas
  • Patent number: 10219499
    Abstract: Provided is a fishing reel with a side cover safety lock and, more particularly, a fishing reel with a safety lock that automatically returns a lock lever such that a locking projection of the lock lever is locked into a locking groove of a frame in order to prevent a side cover from unlocking and separating by performing a safety lock mode by operating the lock lever for locking the side cover when the side cover is recombined after being separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: DOYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kang Ho Hyun
  • Patent number: 10004214
    Abstract: A spinning reel includes a variable gear ratio device provided between a handle and a line guiding rotor. The variable gear ratio device includes outer and inner worm wheels rotatably sleeved on a rotary shaft. The outer worm wheel has a ring of outer gear teeth meshing with a worm. The inner worm wheel is nested in the outer worm wheel and has a ring of inner gear teeth surrounded by the outer gear teeth and meshing with the worm. An adjusting unit enables rotation of the rotary shaft to be transmitted to the worm via a selected one of the outer and inner worm wheels and enables idle rotation of the other one of the outer and inner worm wheels relative to the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Haibao Fishing Tackle Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiang Lee
  • Patent number: 9763433
    Abstract: A level winding mechanism for a dual-hearing reel is equipped with a worm shaft including intersecting spiral grooves and an engagement pin, and a torque limiting mechanism. The engagement pin engages the spiral grooves. The torque limiting mechanism limits the rotational drive force which rotates the worm shaft. At least a portion of the worm shaft is made of synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Shimano Inc., SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN.
    Inventors: Kunio Takechi, Akira Niitsuma, Koichi Kawane, Keigo Kitajima, Baihaki Bin Sabtu, Abu Supian Bin Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9532558
    Abstract: A power generating fishing reel and remote control lure system includes a reel assembly coupled to a fishing rod having a spool rotatably movable to reel in/out fishing line. The reel assembly includes an electrical generator configured to generate current. A crank handle is operatively coupled to the spool and to the generator and configured to actuate the spool and generator, respectively. A rechargeable battery is electrically connected to the generator and configured to store current generated by the generator. The system includes a lure assembly remote from the reel assembly having a battery, a motor and a receiver configured to receive a signal and to energize the motor accordingly. The reel assembly includes a lure input device and transmitter configured to transfer a user input signal to the lure assembly. The system includes an emergency assembly having lights, sensors, and alarms related to safety, current generation, and recharging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventor: David Lee Hamilton, II
  • Patent number: 9415320
    Abstract: An improved kite launching, flying and control apparatus and system combines a target kite with a reel and control arm arrangement for power flexing a kite line under tension to launch the kite, while adjusting, unreeling and retrieving of the kite line with a reel having an integral brake and trigger mechanism, thereby controlling the launch and flight characteristics of the kite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: CASTAKITE LLC
    Inventor: Matthias Hackett
  • Patent number: 9254445
    Abstract: A hand-held interactive entertainment device which winds and unwinds a lighter-than-air balloon on a tether by applying pressure to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Jed Berk
  • Patent number: 9060500
    Abstract: A monomanual electric fishing rod and reel that includes a control module having a power button and a throttle button disposed thereon, said power and throttle buttons operationally communicating with a CPU disposed in a rear rod section, said CPU operationally communicating with a silent direct-drive electric gear motor disposed within a housing upon an electric reel, wherein the electric reel is alternatively activated and deactivated by a user, an extant cast line is reeled in at different speeds selectable by the user, and a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery is disposed in an attachable handle for extended use capacity whereby one-handed operation of the device is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Lauzon
  • Patent number: 8833689
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a fishing rod and reel is provided, which allows ease of use by a person who has the ability to effectively use only one arm and/or hand. The reel has a reel foot and crankshaft, and the rod has a rod seat. The apparatus includes a mounting body having a mounting body foot securely but removably receivable by the rod seat, and also having a mounting body seat in which the reel foot is securely but removably receivable. The apparatus further comprises an electric motor having a drive shaft, a motor mounting means for fixedly but removably mounting the motor to the mounting body, and a linkage mechanism for mechanically linking the drive shaft of the motor to the crankshaft of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Inventor: Jerry H. Brown
  • Patent number: 8770504
    Abstract: A variable speed motor driven fishing reel is powered by a brushless DC motor and adapted for remote control operation by adapting a salt water bait-casting reel with a motorized drive assembly including an end plate having an environmentally sealed cover removably connected thereto, and mounted on the opposite side of the reel from the manual crank, the drive assembly including a brushless DC out-runner motor having an output shaft connected to a planetary gear system configured to power rotation of the fishing reel spool axel for driving the spool. A power cable provides 12.0 volt DC power from a suitable on-board vessel power source. An electronic motor control system allows for variation of DC motor speed via a manually actuated speed control knob. A remote control device is adapted for wireless communication with the electronic motor control system to allow for remote activation of the DC motor in low and high speed modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 8640376
    Abstract: An improved fishing system for the physically challenged including a reel assembly, the reel assembly including a reel shaft extension extending from a reel housing; a first toothed pulley coupled to the reel shaft extension; an electric motor assembly including an electric motor with a shaft extending from the electric motor; a second toothed pulley coupled to the motor shaft; and a toothed belt coupled to the first and the second toothed pulleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fishing Abilities, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Badur, Kenneth Stelmaszek, James L. Meckley
  • Patent number: 8579222
    Abstract: A motorized fishing reel device with a selectively actuated rotably mounted and motorized spool with a fishing line wound thereon. A mechanism for guiding the winding and unwinding of the line wound in a spool. The mechanism ensures that the line is properly wound when the spool is substantially coaxially aligned with the line in order to provide an ergonomically compatible handling of the device. A motor assembly with step-down and step-up gear assemblies that provide the rotational energy to the spool assembly and the reciprocating movement to a traveling pin with a line guiding roller at its distal end. A leg assembly that doubles as a storage compartment for back-up batteries is rotably mounted at one end to the housing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventor: Antonio Alvarez
  • Patent number: 7886478
    Abstract: A fishing device for the disabled comprising a base component, a power component, and a fishing rod component, with the fishing device having a functionality controllable by an individual with disabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Chuck Byrd
  • Patent number: 7869350
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining a repair strategy for a data communication network. The data communication network has as components nodes and links. The method comprises a step of implementing a link repair strategy for an adjacent link to an adjacent node. The method further monitors for a probe packet to the adjacent node and, if such a packet is received, implements a node repair strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart Frederick Bryant, Kevin George Miles, Ian Michael Charles Shand
  • Patent number: 7805779
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method for tensioning a safety net on a swimming pool. In one aspect, a tension apparatus for use with a pool net is provided. The apparatus includes a housing and a selectively engagable gear arrangement disposed in the housing. The apparatus further includes a rotatable member for supplying rotational energy to the gear arrangement and a spool member operatively attached to the gear arrangement. Additionally, the apparatus includes a cable at least partially wrapped around the spool member, wherein the cable includes a connector configured to connect to the pool net. In another aspect, a method for tensioning a pool net is provided. In yet another aspect, an apparatus for use in tensioning a net is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Katchakid Inc.
    Inventor: Blair Robert Esson
  • Patent number: 7793877
    Abstract: A cell main body and a control portion are tightly stored within a case main body, which is provided with a joint connector for electrical connection to the cell main body and the control portion. A nut member is disposed to surround this joint connector, which is attached for feeding to a feed connection portion for external power source connection of an electric reel. The nut member is screwed around a ferrule portion of the feed connection portion, and the case main body is mounted on the electric reel in a state where an engaged portion of the nut member is engaged by an engagement portion of the joint connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Ogino, Tomoyuki Amano, Kyoichi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7614575
    Abstract: The electric reel for fishing includes a spool rotatably supported between the side plates of a reel body and a driving motor arranged on the reel body for driving and rotating the spool. A concave part is formed on the reel body, an armature is rotatably arranged inside the concave part and a magnet constituting a magnetic field is mounted on the inner surface of the concave part opposed to the armature to constitute a driving motor for driving and rotating the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Terauchi
  • Patent number: 7398939
    Abstract: An electric fishing reel has a power transmission mechanism for transmitting rotational driving force based on a drive motor and a manual handle to a spool; and a clutch mechanism for switching the power transmission mechanism between a power transmitting state and a power cutoff state. The power transmission mechanism includes a planetary gear mechanism disposed on the drive motor; a first rotor with which the planetary gear mesh; a second rotor which is driven and coupled to the first rotor through a belt; and a clutch actuating member fitted and rotationally locked in the second rotor to be movable in an axial direction and is moved in the axial direction. An engaging portion of the clutch actuating member is capable of switching the power transmission mechanism between a power transmitting state and a power cutoff state by engaging with or disengaging from a retaining portion of the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Terauchi, Shinji Murakami
  • Patent number: 7334749
    Abstract: An electrically-powered fishing reel includes a drive motor which rotationally drives a spool, and a speed change unit connected between an output section of the drive motor and a power transmission mechanism which transmits a rotation of the output section to the spool, and provided with a high-speed-driving gear transmission mechanism and a low-speed-driving gear transmission mechanism, and the electrically-powered fishing reel is operative to select, according to the rotating direction of the drive motor, either one of the high-speed-driving gear transmission mechanism or the low-speed-driving gear transmission mechanism and vary the rotational speed of the spool. A high-speed-driving output gear of the high-speed-driving gear transmission mechanism is connected to a power transmission mechanism for the spool without a low-speed-driving output gear of the low-speed-driving gear transmission mechanism being inserted between the high-speed-driving output gear and the power transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Terauchi, Akio Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 7309039
    Abstract: A fishing reel power device is characterized by a variable speed motor and adapter combination which can be used with a conventional fishing reel for automatically winding the same. The adapter includes either recesses for receiving the handle and counterweight of a fishing reel crank and/or a pair of projections which engage the crank. A further recess in the end of the adapter receives a nut on the reel to align the device with the reel. The motor is activated by a switch to rotate the adapter and thus the reel crank. The adapter is designed to retain the engaged portions of the reel with a gripping force which increases as the load on the motor increases. Once winding is complete, the adapter is easily disengaged from the reel so that the reel is available for manual operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Inventor: James W. Stone
  • Patent number: 7269922
    Abstract: An attachment for use in combination with a fishing pole. The attachment is attached to the fishing pole and is used to provide an automatic winding apparatus to retract a length of fishing line back around the reel after it has been cast out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Inventor: James Mack
  • Patent number: 7073740
    Abstract: A motorized fishing reel actuating mechanism and rod assembly includes a support housing having a rod and reel member and a mounting member extending perpendicularly from the rod and reel member. A fishing rod is joined to and extends forwardly from a sleeve disposed in the support housing. An elongated handle is mounted a gear housing and extends rearward with respect to the support housing. An electrical motor is disposed inside the elongated handle. A power source is operatively coupled to the electrical motor and a drive train is operatively coupled to the electrical motor. A gear assembly is operatively coupled to the drive train and the fishing reel for winding a fishing line thereupon. A switch assembly includes a variable control mechanism and an elongated lever arm pivotally connected to the switch assembly. The variable control mechanism varies the speed of the electrical motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Bryan E. Westhoff
  • Patent number: 6896216
    Abstract: A belt and pulleys are used as a power transmitting unit in a fishing reel for avoiding uncomfortable vibration or noises while fishing. A spool motor is supported in a motor receiving case provided at front and lower parts between both side frames, and a toothed pulley 21 is urged in the other side of a rotating shaft and is made detent. Another toothed pulley is fitted in a detent portion of a spool shaft by an E-ring, and a toothed belt is expanded between the toothed pulley and the other toothed pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Chiba
  • Patent number: 6880775
    Abstract: A powered fishing reel is described which permits manual operation and powered operation providing the fishing line has no load on it. A hollow shaft with a concentric opening in it drives, by means of gear means, the reel upon which the fishing line is wound. A manual shuttle with a crank handle on it can be inserted into one end of the hollow shaft to rotate the reel. A power shuttle similarly can be inserted into the opposite end of the hollow shaft. A bevel gear on the power shuttle. A transfer shuttle is located between the power shuttle and the manual shuttle and serves to push the manual shuttle with the crank handle out of the hollow shaft. A battery is located in the handle of the fishing rod to power an electric motor mounted in a motor assembly so that the electric motor which through gears and a shaft rotates the bevel gear. The same finger hook slides the power shuttle into the hollow shaft and closes a switch which energizes the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventor: Stephen R. Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6819065
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the controlled dynamic braking of a DC motor in a tape transport device are provided. A PWM state device includes a plurality of state transition paths, each path having an initial state, representative of a tape profile, including a predetermined range of tape velocities, relative amounts of tape on each reel and an initial tape tension, and at least one subsequent state. When a low power event is detected, one of the state transition paths is selected, based upon a current tape profile, and an associated PWM signal is transmitted to the motor. An energy storage device provides power to the PWM state device during the low power event. The PWM signals follow the selected transition path to modulate the current generated by the motion of the motor and thereby create a decelerating force while substantially maintaining the initial tape tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines, (IBM) Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Howarth, James M. Karp, John A. Koski, Randy C. Inch
  • Publication number: 20040148843
    Abstract: A spool braking device for a dual bearing reel includes a spool brake unit, a spool control unit, and a tension detection unit that includes a rotational speed sensor. The spool control unit is arranged between a spool and a reel body, and it an electrically controllable unit that controls the spool. The tension detection unit detects the tension applied to fishing line that is released from the spool during casting. The spool control unit electrically controls the spool braking unit so that the spool braking unit brakes the spool with a first braking force of 50 to 100% of the maximum braking force during a first predetermined time period when the tension detected by the tension detection unit is at or below a first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikuta, Ken?apos;ichi Kawasaki, Kazuki Hiraizumi
  • Patent number: 6318653
    Abstract: An electric fishing set that includes a handle that replaceably holds an electric prime mover, a fishing pole that extends from the handle, a spinning reel that is attached to the handle, and a transmission that is operatively connected to the spinning reel and the electric prime mover. The handle includes an upper tube that contains the prime mover and a lower tube that depends from, and extends axially along, the upper tube and holds the fishing pole. The spinning reel includes a crank that has a shaft and a pin that is externally threaded and extends coaxially outwardly from the shaft. The electric prime mover is a portable electric screwdriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Andre R. Dobbins
  • Patent number: 6220538
    Abstract: An electronic jigging reel for providing automatic reeling and jigging of a fishing line. The electronic jigging reel includes a motorized reel operationally coupled to a three position switch for permitting constant motorized reeling, pulsed motorized reeling for jigging the fishing line, and manual reeling. In an embodiment, display lights are provided for indicating the current status of the motorized reel. In an embodiment, a fish bite indicator system having audio and visual bite indicators is also included. In an embodiment, the motor is powered by a rechargeable battery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Anthony J. Durso
  • Patent number: 6126104
    Abstract: A fishing rod adapter for interconnecting a hand-held power tool and a fishing reel comprises a fishing rod connector adapted to received the shaft of a traditional hand-held fishing rod, a cylindrically hollow housing having anterior and posterior axial openings, and a drive mechanism disposed partially within the housing. The fishing rod connector is adapted to detachably seat within the anterior opening of the housing, such that the housing provides a handle or base for the fishing rod shaft, suitable for gripping with one hand. Within the housing, adjacent the anterior opening is the internal drive mechanism comprising a axially aligned shaft receiver and a number of transfer gears. The posterior opening of the housing is configured to detachably secure a hand-held power tool within the housing, opposite the fishing rod shaft, such that a drive shaft of the power tool is operatively coupled to the shaft receiver of the internal drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventor: Donald R. Kellerman
  • Patent number: 6056219
    Abstract: A fishing reel attachment for use on a rod-and-reel combination. The attachment includes an electric motor which is selectively usable to replace or assist the hand crank for the reel. The device is particularly adapted for use by an individual having the full use of only one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: John R. Barkley
  • Patent number: 6012665
    Abstract: A motor operated fishing reel comprising a base frame chassis. A bracket attaches the base frame chassis to a soft cushion rubber grip handle of a fishing rod having a detachable wrist strap. A spool is mounted in a rotatable manner within the base frame chassis. A fishing line is wound upon the spool and extends from a forward end of the base frame chassis. A crank handle assembly is mounted on one side of the base frame chassis for manually rotating the spool. An electric drive unit within the base frame chassis is for electrically rotating the spool. A drag control structure is for providing drag on the fishing line to catch a fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventor: Gerald J. Olona
  • Patent number: 5878523
    Abstract: An automatic cut-off motorized reeling assembly is provided including a fishing pole with a reel attached thereto at an inboard end thereof. The reel has a handle rotatably coupled thereto and a spool rotatably coupled thereto about an axis perpendicular to an axis about which the handle rotates. A gear assembly is connected between the spool and the handle for automatically reeling the reel only upon the receipt of voltage thus requiring the manual reeling of the reel upon the lack of receipt of voltage. A switch is connected between a power source and the gear means with a deactuated orientation for precluding the supply of voltage to the motor and an actuated orientation adapted to supply voltage to the motor. A cut off mechanism is provided for unconditionally precluding the supply of voltage to the gear assembly upon a load being detected on a line of the pole, as when a fish is caught, thereby requiring the user to manually reel the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventor: Stephen R. Wenzel
  • Patent number: 5829819
    Abstract: A direct-drive actuator assembly actuates a tarp spool for a truck bed tarp system. The direct-drive actuator assembly includes a transmission housing adapted for mounting to the tarp housing. An output shaft extends from the transmission housing for driving the tarp spool. An input shaft is also positioned at least partially within the transmission housing. An electric motor is operatively connected to the input shaft for actuating the tarp spool. A brake is operatively connected to the electric motor for automatically braking the motor when the electric motor is turned off. A cover is provided for enclosing the stacked brake and electric motor against the transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: Timothy K. Searfoss
  • Patent number: 5495157
    Abstract: A cable reel system for use in conjunction with a mobile installation movable relative to a fixed base station and being connected to the fixed base station via a cable, the system comprising a reel on which the cable is stored, the reel being connected by a motor shaft to an AC motor which drives the reel via reduction means to pay-out cable whilst the mobile installation moves away from the base station and to reel-in cable whilst the mobile installation moves towards the base station, the reel system further comprising sensing means located adjacent said motor shaft and operable to provide a signal representative of the position of the motor shaft, and a controller, which receives the signal and calculates a torque demand signal, the controller further continually varying a stator current of the motor in response to cable paying-out or reeling-in operating conditions pertaining at a given instant by using the torque demand signal to calculate and supply phase currents to the motor to provide a required tor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Metool Products Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm J. Dade, Marcus Richards
  • Patent number: 5400979
    Abstract: A fishing reel of simple design that includes a cylindrical outer housing, a cylindrical inner housing including a roller slot formed at an angle to an axis passing through the center of the inner housing, a slide bar for mounting the inner housing within the outer housing while permitting the reciprocal movement of the inner housing, a drive shaft including a roller rotatably coupled to a main body of the drive shaft, an electric motor coupled to a first end of the drive shaft, and a reel releasably mounted on a second end of the drive shaft. The roller is fitted within the roller slot of the inner housing and contacts at least one rolling surface of the roller slot as the drive shaft is rotated by the electric motor, thereby causing the reciprocal movement of the inner housing within the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: Howard Goodman
  • Patent number: 5088657
    Abstract: A motorized spinning reel driving device is provided for fastening in a spinning reel of a fishing rod for taking up a fishing line without change the original structure of such a spinning reel and fishing rod. The device comprises a housing having received therein a battery case, a motor connected to the battery in the battery case, a reducing gear set mounted on the output end of the motor. A driving shaft is secured to the output end of the reducing gear and protrudes beyond the housing, which driving shaft has a hexagonal conical projection on its rear end so that it can be fastened in the hexagonal hole of a spinning reel of different size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Inventor: A-Tien Chen
  • Patent number: 5004181
    Abstract: A cordless electric fishing reel is set forth wherein a conventional fishing pole includes an elongate, hollow handle mounted rearwardly of a fixedly secured fishing reel. The handle includes a self-contained battery pack aligned with an electric motor wherein the electric motor is cooperative with plural sets of planetary gears wich an output shaft of the planetary gear arrangement directed and aligned with a ratchet mechanism. The ratchet mechanism is operative for engagement interiorly of a ratchet sleeve to engage and drive the associated reel for rewinding of the fishing line associated with the reel. A pivotally mounted switch mounted on the handle is formed with a medial bore for receiving in a non-binding manner the output of the planetary gear arrangement with an electrical contact arrangement positioned at a lowermost end of the switch for selectively energizing the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: Arthur D. Fowles