ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,008, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Dominion Rods LLC (Palm City, Fla.).
"Fishing rod assembly with integrated energy storage" was invented by Jeremy Lund (Palm City, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing rod assembly for electrically powered fishing reels includes an integrated battery power source located in a removable rod butt of the fishing rod. The rod butt assembly of the fishing rod interfaces with the bottom end of the reel seat with mating male/female ferrule and electrical connectors. A wiring harness extends up through the inside of the reel seat to a power connector egress body located above the reel seat."
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