Live / forward-facing sonar transducer mount and aiming system for attachment to electric trolling motor
OwnerR. Paul Bird, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A sonar transducer mount and aiming system for attachment to an electric trolling motor, which includes a rotary actuator assembly and a rotating shaft. The rotary actuator assembly includes a housing that is secured to the electric trolling motor and a rotating coupler is rotationally driven. The rotating shaft is connected to and rotates with the rotating coupler and includes a sonar transducer mounting point. The rotating shaft of the sonar transducer mount and aiming system and the electric trolling motor shaft have a common axis of rotation and are configured to rotate independently from one another about the common axis of rotation.
Claims20
A sonar transducer mount and aiming system for attachment to an electric trolling motor having an electric trolling motor shaft, comprising:
- a rotary actuator assembly including a housing that is configured to be fixedly secured to the electric trolling motor and a rotating coupler that is rotationally driven relative to the housing;
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- a rotating shaft extending between a first shaft end that is connected to and rotates with the rotating coupler of the rotary actuator assembly and a second shaft end that includes a sonar transducer mounting point,
- wherein the rotating shaft of the sonar transducer mount and aiming system and the electric trolling motor shaft have a common axis of rotation and are configured to rotate independently from one another about the common axis of rotation.
A system, comprising:
- an electric trolling motor including an electric trolling motor shaft and a lower unit connected to the electric trolling motor shaft;
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- a sonar transducer mount and aiming system including a rotary actuator assembly and a rotating shaft, the rotary actuator assembly having a housing that is fixedly secured to the electric trolling motor and a rotating coupler that is rotationally driven relative to the housing,
- wherein the rotating shaft extends between a first shaft end that is connected to and rotates with the rotating coupler of the rotary actuator assembly and a second shaft end that includes a sonar transducer mounting point,
- wherein the rotating shaft of the sonar transducer mount and aiming system and at least a portion of the electric trolling motor shaft independently rotate about a common axis that forms a centerline of the electric trolling motor shaft.
A sonar transducer mount and aiming system for attachment to an electric trolling motor of a boat, comprising:
- a rotary actuator assembly including a housing that is configured to be fixedly secured to the electric trolling motor, a rotating coupler that is rotationally driven relative to the housing by an electric motor that is coupled to the rotating coupler through a gear set;
- a rotating shaft extending between a first shaft end that is connected to and rotates with the rotating coupler of the rotary actuator assembly and a second shaft end that includes a sonar transducer mounting point, the rotating shaft of the sonar transducer mount and aiming system is configured to rotate independently of the electric trolling motor shaft;
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- a control pedal electronically connected to the electric motor of the rotary actuator assembly, the control pedal configured to adjust a rotational position of the rotating shaft and therefore a heading associated with the sonar transducer mounting point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.