Patent ID: 11904995
Assignee: RHODAN MARINE SYSTEMS OF FLORIDA, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 13:
14. A trolling motor steering control system comprising:
a steering motor;
a steering shaft adapted to be rotated by the steering motor via a single ratio transmission system; and
a torque clutch adapted to automatically decouple the steering motor from the steering shaft when the steering shaft is subjected to an external torque exceeding a predetermined threshold magnitude,
wherein the torque clutch comprises a ball and spring mechanism, and
wherein the ball and spring mechanism comprises a plurality of ball/detent interfaces, wherein at each ball/detent interface a ball is adapted to be (i) disposed within a detent when the torque is below the predetermined threshold magnitude and (ii) displaced from the detent when the torque is above the predetermined threshold magnitude.