Patent ID: 7882791

Claim:
A steering system for turning a craft and automatically reorienting the craft in a straight ahead direction comprising: a trolling motor having a motor shaft; a steering motor linked to the shaft for rotating the motor shaft; a cam mounted to the motor shaft, the cam having an indent along a portion of a peripheral surface thereof, a pair of first and second switches, activation of the first switch causing the steering motor to rotate the motor shaft in a first direction, activation of the second switch causing the steering motor to rotate the motor shaft in a second direction, a pair of first pressure loaded stop switches, one pressure loaded switch arranged with respect to the cam to stop rotation of the steering motor in the first direction once the cam reaches a first stop position, the other pressure loaded switch arranged with respect to the cam to stop rotation of the steering motor in the second direction once the cam reaches a second stop position, and a pair of second pressure loaded stop switches, each arranged with respect to the cam with a sensor, engagement of each sensor in the indent defining the straight direction of travel for the craft when the trolling motor is in operation, wherein deactivation of either of the first or second switches activates one of the second pressure loaded stop switches to reverse rotation of the steering motor, the reverse rotation of the steering motor stopping when the sensors of second pressure loaded stop switches engage the indent.