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US 2024/0190548 A1Published application
Braking system for a pedal drive system for watercraft
AssigneeJohnson Outdoors Inc.
InventorsTimothy A. Bragg, Geoffrey Michael Bergmark, Sean Rusch, SHENG-YIUNG LIN, MAO-HUA HUNG, CHEN-LUN HUNG, CHIH CHING CHEN, CHIA-YU KE
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Abstract
Braking arrangements for inhibiting pedals of a pedal drive system for a watercraft from rotating when an assist drive train of the pedal drive system is activated are provided. Method of preventing pedals of a pedal drive system for a watercraft from rotating when using an assist mode are provided.
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A pedal drive system for a watercraft, comprising:
- a thrust unit having a propeller;
- a manual drive train comprising a pair of pedals mechanically attached to a crankshaft for rotation of the crankshaft about a crankshaft axis, in at least a manual pedal mode, the manual drive train is connected to the thrust unit to input power to the thrust unit by pedaling of the pair of pedals;
- an assist drive train having a motor, in at least an assist mode, the assist drive train is connected to the thrust unit to input power to the thrust unit;
- a manual drive train brake acting on the manual drive train such that when the assist drive train is powering the thrust unit in the assist mode, motion of the crankshaft about the crankshaft axis is inhibited.
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