Frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly

- Navico, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a right top perspective view of a frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a right top perspective view of a frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a right view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a left view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly of FIG. 8.

The dash-dash broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a frequency-steered sonar transducer assembly, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1066072
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 14, 2022
Date of Patent: Mar 11, 2025
Assignee: Navico, Inc. (Tulsa, OK)
Inventors: Dustyn P. Pendergraft (Claremore, OK), Jayme J. Caspall (Tulsa, OK), Joseph Raffills (Auckland)
Primary Examiner: George D. Kirschbaum
Assistant Examiner: Antoinette Martine Suiter
Application Number: 29/868,803