US Patent Issued to Navico Group Americas on Sept. 15 for "Submersible device for underwater sonar imagery" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,669, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Navico Group Americas LLC (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

"Submersible device for underwater sonar imagery" was invented by Andrew Chambers (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Dustyn P. Pendergraft (Claremore, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example towable device for a watercraft is provided. The device includes an adaptive mount configured to receive a transducer assembly and a connection feature for attachment of a linking mechanism for attachment of the towable device to the watercraft. The device and the transducer assembly are configured to glide through an underwater environment at a first dept...