Patents by Inventor R. Paul Bird, JR.

R. Paul Bird, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250014556
    Abstract: A sonar transducer mount and aiming system for attachment to an electric trolling motor, which includes a rotary actuator assembly and a rotating shaft. The rotary actuator assembly includes a housing that is secured to the electric trolling motor and a rotating coupler is rotationally driven. The rotating shaft is connected to and rotates with the rotating coupler and includes a sonar transducer mounting point. The rotating shaft has a tubular shape with a through bore that is configured to receive at least a portion of an electric trolling motor shaft in a co-axial arrangement. The size and shape of the through bore is designed so that the electric trolling motor shaft may be positioned within the through bore in clearance fit such that the rotating shaft of the sonar transducer mount and aiming system is free to rotate independently of the electric trolling motor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventor: R. Paul Bird, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250012910
    Abstract: A sonar transducer mount and aiming system for attachment to an electric trolling motor, which includes a rotary actuator assembly and a rotating shaft. The rotary actuator assembly includes a housing that is secured to the electric trolling motor and a rotating coupler is rotationally driven. The rotating shaft is connected to and rotates with the rotating coupler and includes a sonar transducer mounting point. The rotating shaft of the sonar transducer mount and aiming system and the electric trolling motor shaft have a common axis of rotation and are configured to rotate independently from one another about the common axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventor: R. Paul Bird, JR.