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US 11,629,799 B2Granted
Cable management device
AssigneeJohnson Outdoors Inc.
InventorNathan M. Brown
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Abstract
A cable management device for managing cables of a trolling motor is provided. The cable management device can slide axially along a shaft of a trolling motor while being affixed to a portion of a cable of the trolling motor. A trolling motor including such a cable management device is provided.
Claims18
A trolling motor comprising:
- a trolling motor mount;
- a shaft carried by the trolling motor mount, the shaft extending axially between first and second ends, the shaft being adjustably positionable relative to the trolling motor mount along a shaft axis;
- a propulsion unit attached to the first end of the shaft;
- at least one cable attached proximate the second end of the shaft;
- and
- a cable management device comprising:
- a mounting base configured to slidably attach to the shaft for movement along the shaft;
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- a cable attachment operably connected to the mounting base, the cable attachment being configured to attach to the at least one cable, the cable attachment being laterally offset from the mounting base and spaced away from the shaft axis;
- wherein the cable management device is mounted between the second end of the shaft and the trolling motor mount, the mounting base slidable along the shaft to adjust a position of the mounting base between the second end and the trolling motor mount, the cable attachment attached to the at least one cable.
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A method of managing at least one cable of a trolling motor, comprising:
- axially sliding a cable management device slidably mounted to a shaft of the trolling motor along the shaft of the trolling motor while axially translating the shaft of the trolling motor relative to a trolling motor mount along a shaft axis, the trolling motor mount carrying the shaft, the shaft extending axially between first and second ends, a propulsion unit being attached to the first end of the shaft, the trolling motor including at least one cable attached proximate the second end of the shaft, the cable management device including a mounting base attaching the cable management device to the shaft between the second end and the trolling motor mount for movement along the shaft, the cable management device being attached to the at least one cable of the trolling motor with a cable attachment of the cable management device at a location between and spaced away from ends of the at least one cable, the cable attachment being laterally offset from and operably connected to the mounting base and spaced away from the shaft axis;
- wherein axially sliding the cable management device adjusts a position of the mounting base between the second end and the trolling motor mount;
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- wherein axially sliding the cable management device along the shaft of the trolling motor axially translates a portion of the at least one cable axially relative to the shaft with the cable management device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.