US 11,856,931 B2
Battery powered electric reel
Thomas Sandstrom, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Assigned to Pure Fishing, Inc., Spirit Lake, IA (US)
Filed by Pure Fishing, Inc., Spirit Lake, IA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,237.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/219,043, filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011008 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/017 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/017 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor driven fishing reel comprising:
a main body;
a fishing line spool rotatably mounted to said main body via a spool axle;
a motorized drive assembly affixed to said main body;
said motorized drive assembly including an electric motor having an output shaft configured for powered rotation of said spool;
a battery pack detachable from the main body, the battery pack comprising a housing having an outer surface and a first protrusion on the outer surface; and
the main body comprising a first receiving channel configured to receive the first protrusion;
a second protrusion on the outer surface; and
the main body further comprising a second receiving channel configured to receive the second protrusion,
wherein the battery pack is attached to the main body by engaging the first protrusion with the first receiving channel and the second protrusion with the second receiving channel;
wherein the first protrusion protrudes in a direction different from the second protrusion;
an electrical control system to allow for user variation of the speed of said motor thereby allowing for user regulation of spool winding speed; and
means for controlled actuation of said electrical control system including a radio frequency activated solenoid responsive to a control signal output from an RF receiver, and a portable RF transmitter adapted to send RF transmissions to said RF receiver, said radio frequency activated solenoid actuating said electric motor in response to said control signal.