TROLLING MOTOR CABLE COVER
A trolling motor with sensor unit construction is provided. A sensor is mounted to a lower portion of the trolling motor preferably adjacent the trolling motor propulsion unit. A signal conductor extends from the sensor unit connecting it to a display device. The signal conductor is mounted to a tube portion of the trolling motor with a resiliently deformable cover having a pair of channels formed therein extending between opposite ends of the cover. The tube is received within one of the channels and the cable is received within the other of the channels to removeably mount the signal conductor to the tube. The cover has an open side permitting receipt therethrough of the tube and the second channel has an open side for receipt therethrough of the cable. The open side of the second channel opens into the first channel.
1 - 13 . (canceled)
14 . A cover for removably mounting a signal conductor to a trolling motor tube, said cover including:
a pair of resilient longitudinally extending flanges each having an inner surface defining a first channel portion adapted to receive a trolling motor tube therein in gripping relationship, said flanges each having a longitudinal free edge, said free edges defining a longitudinal opening therebetween, said opening circumscribing an angle of arc of less than about 145°; and
a bight portion extending between and connected to the flanges, said bight portion forming a second channel opening into the first channel along the length thereof, said second channel being sized and shaped to receive a signal conductor therein.
15 . The cover of claim 14 wherein the cover has generally uniform transverse cross sectional shape along the length of the cover.
16 . The cover of claim 15 wherein the first channel having a generally round cross sectional portion with a diameter and the cover having a length of at least about three times the diameter.
17 . The cover of claim 16 wherein the bight portion and flanges being integral and being a polymeric extrusion.
18 . The cover of claim 14 wherein the angle of arc being in the range of between about 90° and about 120°.
19 . The cover of claim 18 wherein the flanges being resiliently deformable when the opening is expanded by a trolling motor tube passing therebetween, said tube having a transverse diameter approximately equal to a transverse diameter of a generally round portion of the first channel.