US Patent Issued to Garmin International on Sept. 15 for "Sonar system with removable lens" (Kansas, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,646, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Garmin International Inc. (Olathe, Kan.).

"Sonar system with removable lens" was invented by Troy D. Simonton (Olathe, Kan.), Ashlyn M. Haack (Olathe, Kan.), Yuling Wen (Olathe, Kan.), Aaron R. Coleman (Tulsa, Okla.) and Brian T. Maguire (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer system comprises a removable sonar lens, a transducer unit, and a cable extending from the transducer unit to couple the transducer unit to an electronic display unit. The transducer unit may include a main transducer housing, a sonar transducer positioned within the main transducer housing, and an att...