Control cable connection for an electric trolling motor

Claim 1

In a remote control unit for directionally controlling an electric trolling motor having an elongate shaft with a water submergible propulsion unit on the lower end thereof, the combination comprising: a housing equipped with a rotatable sleeve which receives and fixedly retains the elongate shaft of the trolling motor to correspondingly rotate said shaft with said sleeve; a wheel member pivotally mounted within said housing and being larger in diameter than said sleeve; linkage means interconnecting said wheel member and said sleeve to impart rotational movement of said wheel member to said sleeve; a retractable and extendable control wire partially disposed within said housing and having a bent end to form substantially an L-shaped portion on the end of said wire; a post-like connector pivotally installed on said wheel member outwardly from the axis of rotation thereof, said connector having a vertical slot and a bore therein to receive the end portion of said control wire with said bent end disposed within said bore and the portion of control wire immediately adjacent said bent end disposed within said slot; and a pin member transversely disposed within said slot and overlying said control wire to permanently but removably secure connection of said wire to said connector.