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US 11,758,889 B2Granted
Shape memory metal artificial bait
OwnerGary Heines, Brett Herdendorfinventors
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Abstract
An artificial bait having a housing in the shape of an insect or animal, a power source arranged in the housing, a controller arranged in the housing, a hook. The housing including shape memory alloy (SMA) in the form of one or more SMA wires, which are operatively arranged with one or more spring wires to cause one or more body parts of the housing to move.
Claims1
An artificial bait comprising:
- a housing in the shape of an insect or animal;
- a power source arranged in the housing;
- an electric motor comprising a rotor arranged in said housing;
- a controller arranged in the housing;
- a hook, and
- wherein the housing is in the shape of a bee having a pair of paddles in the shape of bee wings;
- said wings having magnets attached at their distal ends configured to interact with said rotor, so that the bee shaped housing will disturb the water to emulate the buzz of a bee on the surface of the water;
- said controller comprises an oscillator configured to intermittently move said paddles at a predetermined frequency between periods of vibration and no vibration.
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