Bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • D1072648
  • Patent Number
    D1,072,648
  • Date Filed
    Friday, August 19, 2022
    4 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 29, 2025
    a year ago
  • Inventors
    • Pendergraft; Dustyn P. (Claremore, OK, US)
  • Original Assignees
  • Examiners
    • Vansant; Calvin E
    • Gray; Benjamin L.
    Agents
    • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D08 349
    • D08 354
    • D08 380
    • D08 381
    • D08 373
    • D08 355
    • D10 74
    • D10 103
    • CPC
    • G01D11/30
    • G01B5/0004
    • G10K11/004
    • G10K11/006
  • International Classifications
    • 1004
    • Term of Grant
      15Years
Abstract
Description


FIG. 1 is a right top perspective view of a bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;



FIG. 2 is a front view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1;



FIG. 3 is a rear view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1;



FIG. 4 is a left view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1;



FIG. 5 is a right view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1;



FIG. 6 is a top view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1;



FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1;



FIG. 8 is a right top perspective view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1 in an environment of use; and,



FIG. 9 is a right top perspective view of the bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings of FIG. 1 in an environment of use.


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


Claims
  • The ornamental design for a bracket for multiple sonar transducer array housings, as shown and described.
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