Patent ID: 6973999

Claim:
A braking device for a dual bearing reel that brakes a spool that is rotatively mounted on a reel unit, said braking device comprising: a spool braking unit that brakes the spool, the spool braking means including a rotor element that rotates together with the spool and includes a plurality of magnetic poles that are arranged around a rotational direction of the rotor element such that polarities of the magnetic poles are sequentially different, a plurality of serially connected coils that are disposed around a periphery of the rotor element in the circumferential direction, and switch means that is connected to both ends of the plurality of coils; and a spool control unit that electrically controls the spool braking unit, the spool control unit including a circuit board on which the switch means and the plurality of coils are mounted, the circuit board being mounted on a surface of the reel unit that faces one end surface of the spool, and a control element that is mounted on the circuit board.