Fishing reel with planetary drive and offset gear
AssigneeTrikaUSA Inc.
InventorsLarry Pulkrabek, Ty Warner
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Abstract
A fishing rod assembly includes a rod and a reel assembly. The reel assembly includes a housing, a spool positioned within the housing, the spool configured to rotate about a central axis to retrieve or let out fishing line, and a gear set configured to drive the spool to rotate about the central axis, the gear set includes a first set of gears and a second set of gears. The gear set is configured to receive input rotational kinetic energy through the second set of gears and output rotational kinetic energy to the spool through the first set of gears. The first set of gears includes a planetary gear set arranged about the central axis, and the second set of gears is arranged about an offset axis that is spaced from the central axis.
Claims20
A fishing reel comprising:
- a first housing member, a second housing member positioned apart from each other;
- a spool positioned between and partially within the first housing member and the second housing member;
- a spindle extending through a central inner volume of the spool along a central axis about which the spool rotates;
- and
- a gear set configured to drive the spool to rotate about the central axis, the gear set comprising a first set of gears arranged about the central axis, and a second set of gears arranged about an axis offset from the central axis;
- wherein the gear set is configured to receive input rotational kinetic energy at the second set of gears and output rotational kinetic energy through the second set of gears and the first set of gears to the spool.
A drive mechanism comprising:
- a spool configured to rotate about a central axis to retrieve or let out fishing line;
- and
- a gear set configured to drive the spool to rotate about the central axis, the gear set comprising a first set of gears arranged about the central axis, and a second set of gears arranged about an axis offset from the central axis;
- wherein the gear set is configured to receive input rotational kinetic energy at the second set of gears and output rotational kinetic energy through the second set of gears and the first set of gears to the spool;
- and
- wherein a gear ratio across the gear set is user-adjustable.
A fishing rod assembly, comprising:
- a rod;
- and
- a reel assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a spool positioned within the housing, the spool configured to rotate about a central axis to retrieve or let out fishing line;
- a spindle extending through a central inner volume of the spool along the central axis about which the spool rotates;
- and
- a gear set configured to drive the spool to rotate about the central axis, the gear set comprising a first set of gears arranged about the central axis, and a second set of gears arranged about an axis offset from the central axis;
- wherein the gear set is configured to receive input rotational kinetic energy at the second set of gears and output rotational kinetic energy through the second set of gears and the first set of gears to the spool;
- and
- wherein the central axis and the axis are parallel with each other, the central axis more proximate a grip of the rod than the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.