Patents by Inventor Scott A. Suurmeyer

Scott A. Suurmeyer 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: 20200072953
    Abstract: A transducer assembly comprises a housing, a frequency steered transducer array element positioned within the housing, a conical transducer element positioned within the housing, and a scanning transducer element positioned within the housing. The frequency steered transducer array element includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements and is configured to receive a transmit electronic signal including a plurality of frequency components and to transmit an array of sonar beams into a body of water, each sonar beam transmitted in an angular direction that varies according to one of the frequency components of the transmit electronic signal. The conical transducer element is configured to transmit a conically-shaped sonar beam into the body of water. The scanning transducer element is configured to transmit a fan-shaped sonar beam into the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Wigh, Scott A. Suurmeyer, Brian T. Maguire, Thomas G. Behrendt, Samuel T. Pirtle