ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,446, issued on April 14, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Devices and systems for mounting a transducer within a watercraft hull" was invented by Jayme J. Caspall (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example devices and systems are provided herein for mounting a transducer within a hull of a watercraft. Such devices and systems include a housing with a base and at least one wall defining an interior volume, along with a mount assembly within the interior volume. The mount assembly includes a buoy, a transducer, and a pivot axle or a gimbal. The mount assembly is freely pivotable about a pivot axis of the pivot ax...