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

Claim 16:
17. 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 slip tooth mechanism comprising a first toothed interface coupled to the steering shaft and a second mating toothed interface coupled to the transmission system, wherein (i) the first toothed interface and the second toothed interface maintain engagement when the external torque is below the predetermined threshold magnitude and (ii) the first toothed interface and the second toothed interface incrementally rotate relative to each other when the external torque is above the predetermined threshold magnitude.