ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,819, issued on April 14, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Sonar system including transducer elements with a gap therebetween" was invented by Jayme J. Caspall (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sonar systems and related methods are provided. A sonar system for generating one or more sonar images includes first and second transducer elements each having at least one emitting face. The sonar system also includes a sonar signal processor in electronic communication with the first and second transducer elements to cause transmission of signals from the first and second transducer elements to cause at least one firs...