Baitcaster with compound gear set
AssigneeTrikaUSA Inc.
InventorsLarry Pulkrabek, Ty Warner, Danny Uribe, Ron Hedberg
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Abstract
A baitcaster for retrieving a fishing line includes a spool, and a compound gear set. The spool is configured to be driven to take up the fishing line. The compound gear set includes a ring gear, first planet gears, second planet gears, and a second shaft. The ring gear is configured to receive an input torque from a first shaft. The first planet gears are driven by the ring gear. The second planet gears are driven by the first planet gears. The second shaft is driven by the second planet gears and is configured to drive the spool to take up the fishing line.
Claims20
A baitcaster for retrieving a fishing line, the baitcaster comprising:
- a spool configured to be driven to take up the fishing line;
- a compound gear set comprising:
- a ring gear configured to receive a torque from a first shaft;
- a plurality of first planet gears driven by the ring gear;
- a plurality of second planet gears driven by the plurality of first planet gears;
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- a second shaft driven by the plurality of second planet gears and configured to drive the spool to take up the fishing line, wherein both the first shaft and the second shaft are co-axial on an axis;
- wherein a distal end of the first shaft terminates at a first location within an inner volume of the spool along the axis, and a first end of the second shaft begins at a second location within the inner volume of the spool along the axis.
A compound gear set for a fishing reel, the compound gear set comprising:
- a ring gear configured to receive an input torque from an input shaft;
- a plurality of input planet gears driven by the ring gear;
- a plurality of output planet gears driven by the plurality of input planet gears;
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- an output shaft driven by the plurality of output planet gears and configured to drive a spool to take up fishing line, wherein both the input shaft and the output shaft are co-axial on an axis;
- wherein a distal end of the input shaft terminates at a first location along the axis within an inner volume of the spool and a first end of the output shaft begins at a second location along the axis within the inner volume of the spool.
A gear set for a baitcaster, the gear set comprising:
- an input shaft configured to be driven by a handle about a shaft axis;
- a plurality of planet gear shafts radially offset from the shaft axis, each defining an axis and configured to be driven to rotate about the axis;
- a plurality of input planet gears, each fixedly coupled with a corresponding one of the plurality of planet gear shafts, the plurality of input planet gears configured to be driven to rotate by the input shaft;
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- a plurality of output planet gears, each fixedly coupled with a corresponding one of the plurality of planet gear shafts, the plurality of output planet gears configured to drive an output shaft of the baitcaster, the output shaft configured to rotate about the shaft axis;
- wherein a distal end of the input shaft terminates at a first location along the shaft axis within an inner volume of a spool and a first end of the output shaft begins at a second location along the shaft axis within the inner volume of the spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.