US 11,930,800 B2
Braking device that brakes spool and fishing reel provided with the same
Hiromu Yasuda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GLOBERIDE, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by GLOBERIDE, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,043.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-138524 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062047 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/0155 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/01555 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A braking device of a double bearing reel that brakes a spool rotatably mounted on a reel body of the double bearing reel on which a fishing line may be wound, the braking device comprising:
a braked unit attached to the spool;
a braking unit that applies a braking force to the braked unit;
an adjustment unit capable of adjusting the braking force of the braking unit;
a control unit that controls the adjustment unit;
a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the control unit; and
a remaining amount detection unit that detects a remaining amount of the power supply unit,
wherein the control unit adjusts the adjustment unit to achieve a predetermined braking force value or sets a predetermined braking force value to a set value in a case where the remaining amount of the power supply unit becomes a predetermined value or smaller.