# US 10,869,469 B2 · Drag knob and fishing reel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,869,469 B2 - Document ID: US10869469B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/211,615 - Filed: 2018-12-06 - Published: 2019-06-27 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-27 - Assignees: Shimano Inc. - Applicants: Shimano Inc. - Inventors: Kei Saito; Tomoya Deguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10869469B2 ## CPC - A01K 89/027: with pick-up {, i.e. for reels with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line} - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract A drag knob includes an operating member and a sounding member. The operating tuber has a cover, an insert, and a bolt serving as a fixing member for fixing the cover to the insert. The operating member is rotatably attached to a reel body. The sounding member produces a percussive sound by rotation of the operating member. The operating member has a knob that extends in a radial direction. The bolt and the sounding member are disposed so as to overlap with the knob when viewed in an axial direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drag knob assembly for adjusting drag force of a drag mechanism that brakes rotation of a spool rotatably attached to a reel body of a fishing reel, the drag knob assembly comprising: an operating member that is rotatably attached to the reel body, the operating member including a cover, an insert that is attached to the cover, and a fixing member for attaching the cover to the insert, wherein the cover includes a knob that extends in a radial direction thereof; the knob including a slit extending through an outer surface of the knob and the insert including a projection adapted to be fitted in the slit, and a sounding member that causes a percussive sound to be produced by rotation of the operating member; wherein the fixing member and the sounding member are disposed so as to overlap with the knob when viewed in an axial direction thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drag knob assembly according to claim 1, wherein the knob includes a first end and a second end in the radial direction, the first end and the second end defining a first end side of the knob and a second end side of the knob, respectively; the sounding member is disposed so as to overlap with the first end side of the knob when viewed in the axial direction; and the fixing member is disposed so as to overlap with the second end side of the knob when viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The drag knob assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member comprises at least one bolt, and is disposed only in an area overlapping with the knob when viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The drag knob assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member has only one bolt. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The drag knob assembly according to claim 1, further comprising: a receiving member having a plurality of recesses arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, the receiving member non-rotatably attached to the reel body; wherein the sounding member includes a striking pin and a biasing member that biases the striking pin toward each recess of the receiving member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The drag knob assembly according to claim 1, wherein the knob includes a first end and a second end in the radial direction, the first end and the second end defining a first end side of the knob and a second end side of the knob, respectively; the sounding member is disposed so as to overlap with the first end side of the knob when viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The drag knob assembly according to claim 6, wherein the fixing member comprises a single bolt disposed so as to overlap with the second end side of the knob when viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 8 A fishing reel, comprising: a reel body; a spool that is rotatably mounted on the reel body; a drag mechanism that brakes rotation of the spool; and a drag knob assembly for adjusting the drag force of the drag mechanism, the drag knob assembly including an operating member that is rotatably attached to the reel body, the operating member including a cover, an insert that is attached to the cover, and a fixing member for attaching the cover to the insert, wherein the cover includes a knob that extends in a radial direction thereof, the knob including a slit extending through an outer surface of the knob and the insert including a projection adapted to be fitted in the slit, and a sounding member that causes a percussive sound to be produced by rotation of the operating member; wherein the fixing member and the sounding member of the drag knob are disposed so as to overlap with the knob when viewed in an axial direction thereof. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fishing reel according to claim 8, wherein the knob includes a first end and a second end in the radial direction, the first end and the second end defining a first end side of the knob and a second end side of the knob, respectively; the sounding member is disposed so as to overlap with the first end side of the knob when viewed in the axial direction; and the fixing member is disposed so as to overlap with the second end side of the knob when viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The fishing reel according to claim 8, wherein the fixing member comprises at least one bolt, and is disposed only in an area overlapping with the knob when viewed in the axial direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The fishing reel according to claim 8, wherein the fixing member comprises a single bolt. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The fishing reel according to claim 8, further comprising: a receiving member having a plurality of recesses arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, the receiving member non-rotatably attached to the reel body; wherein the sounding member includes a striking pin and a biasing member that biases the striking pin toward each recess of the receiving member.