Composite magnetic and friction casting brakes, and fishing reels including them.

Abstract

To provide a composite magnetic and friction casting brake, and a fishing reel including it, that combines magnetic braking force and friction braking force for well-controlled braking of the spool during casting, and reduces braking force during winding or retrieving the fishing line. [Solution] A casting brake for slowing the rotation of a fishing reel spool includes a brake guide and a brake disc disposed within the brake guide and movable relative to the brake guide between a first position and a second position. The brake disc includes one or more magnets that apply a magnetic braking force to the spool and one or more brake pads that apply a frictional braking force to the spool when the brake disc is in the second position.

Claims

1. A casting brake for slowing down the rotation of a fishing reel's spool, Brake guide and, A brake disc disposed within the brake guide and movable relative to the brake guide between a first position and a second position, One or more magnets that apply magnetic braking force to the spool, and One or more brake pads apply frictional braking force to the spool when the brake disc is in the second position. Brake discs and A casting brake with [specific feature].

2. The casting brake according to claim 1, wherein the brake disc is rotatable with the spool by the one or more magnets, and the brake disc interacts with the brake guide to convert the rotation of the brake disc into movement of the brake disc between a first position and a second position.

3. The casting brake according to claim 2, wherein the brake disc includes one or more pins that slide circumferentially within one or more cam slots of the brake guide during rotation of the brake disc, and the cam slots are configured such that the interaction between the cam slots and the pins sliding circumferentially within the cam slots moves the brake disc between a first position and a second position.

4. The casting brake according to claim 1, wherein when one or more of the brake pads contact the spool, each of the one or more brake pads is movable in the axial direction relative to the brake disc.

5. Each of the one or more brake pads comprises a head that contacts the spool when the brake disc is in the second position, and a stem extending from the head and received by a corresponding bore in the brake disc, and an elastic member is disposed within each bore and compressed when the head of the corresponding brake pad contacts the spool, the casting brake according to claim 4.

6. The casting brake according to claim 5, wherein the elastic member is a spring surrounding the stem.

7. The casting brake according to claim 1, wherein the brake guide includes a bearing housing for housing the bearing assembly of the fishing reel.

8. The casting brake according to claim 7, wherein the brake disc surrounds the bearing housing.

9. The casting brake according to claim 1, wherein the one or more magnets include a number of magnets arranged circumferentially around the brake disc, each having alternating poles facing the spool.

10. The casting brake according to claim 9, wherein the magnets are magnetically connected via one or more magnetic plates.

11. Housing and A shaft supported within the housing, the shaft being rotatable relative to the housing about its axis, A spool connected to the shaft and rotatable together with the shaft around the shaft axis, A brake assembly operable to slow the rotation of a spool, comprising a brake disc movable relative to the spool between a first position and a second position, wherein the brake disc is One or more magnets that apply magnetic braking force to the spool, and One or more brake pads apply frictional braking force to the spool when the brake disc is in the second position. Brake assemblies and A fishing reel that has [a certain feature].

12. The brake assembly includes a brake guide that houses the brake disc, The brake disc is rotatable together with the spool by the one or more magnets, and The fishing reel according to claim 11, wherein the brake disc interacts with the brake guide to convert the rotation of the brake disc into movement of the brake disc between a first position and a second position.

13. The fishing reel according to claim 12, comprising a first bearing assembly that rotatably supports the shaft at a first shaft end, wherein the brake guide comprises a first bearing housing that houses the first bearing assembly.

14. The fishing reel according to claim 13, comprising a second bearing assembly that rotatably supports the shaft at a second shaft end, wherein the housing comprises a second bearing housing that houses the second bearing assembly.

15. The fishing reel according to claim 14, wherein an elastic member is disposed within the first bearing housing to absorb an axial load on the shaft by allowing axial movement of the first bearing assembly within the first bearing housing.

16. The fishing reel according to claim 15, wherein the second bearing assembly abuts against a retaining member in the second bearing housing that restricts the axial movement of the second bearing assembly, and the elastic member biases the first bearing assembly, the second bearing assembly, and the shaft toward the retaining member.

17. The fishing reel according to claim 16, wherein the elastic member is a spring.

18. The fishing reel according to claim 11, wherein the brake assembly includes a brake plate fixed to the spool, and the brake pad engages with the brake plate to apply the frictional braking force.

19. The fishing reel according to claim 11, wherein when one or more of the brake pads contact the spool, each of the one or more brake pads is movable in the axial direction relative to the brake disc.

20. The fishing reel according to claim 19, wherein each of the one or more brake pads includes a head that contacts the spool when the brake disc is in the second position, and a stem extending from the head and received by a corresponding bore in the brake disc, and an elastic member is disposed in each bore and is compressed when the head of the corresponding brake pad contacts the spool, thereby allowing axial movement of the brake pad.

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