US Patent Issued to Navico on Nov. 25 for "Shock absorption for motors" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,559, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Shock absorption for motors" was invented by Christopher D. Crawford (Bixby, Okla.), Guy Allen Coonts (Ripley, Okla.) and Jeffery Lyle Osterchill (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trolling motor assembly having improved shock absorption is provided. The trolling motor assembly includes a trolling motor, a first member, a second member, an actuator that is configured to be activated to cause the trolling motor to move between a first position and a second position, and a compliant member connected to the actuator. When the trolling motor is in a first po...