US 12,389,893 B2
Motor-driven fishing reel
Michael Pappas, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to KOBO Labs LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by KOBO Labs LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,904.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/089,123, filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110305 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 89/017 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01)
CPC A01K 89/017 (2013.01) [A01K 89/0183 (2015.05); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reel system, comprising:
a fishing reel including a spool configured to hold a fishing line;
an electrical module including a processor, a user interface, and a motor, wherein the processor is coupled to the fishing reel,
wherein the user interface configured to display reel metrics including at least one of spool rotations, motor torque, power supplied to the motor, line speed, line tension, and line distance,
wherein the user interface is further configured to receive an input from a user including an input of a line diameter,
wherein the processor is configured to calculate an amount of the fishing line on the spool,
a sensor configured to measure revolutions of the spool, the sensor in communication with the processor; and
a multi-gear system, wherein in a first position of the multi-gear system, the motor is configured to turn the spool,
wherein the processor is further configured to calculate tension through the input of the line diameter and at least one of the amount of the fishing line on the spool and revolutions of the spool.