ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,530, issued on April 21, was assigned to Scott Ellis (Canyon Lake, Calif.).
"Fishing reel drag set apparatus, system, and method" was invented by Scott Ellis (Canyon Lake, Calif.), James E. Grimes (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Sun Guaynue (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held fishing reel drag set device includes a strain gauge configured to convert applied strain to a voltage output, a microprocessor configured to receive strain gauge voltage output and convert it to a calibrated digital value, a display configured to present real-time visual feedback of the calibrated digital value to the user based on the measured stra...