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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Navico, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Jayme J. Caspall, Tulsa, OK (US);
Bin Gao, Wilmington, NC (US);
Andrew Chambers, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
NAVICO, INC., Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A system for reforming sonar emissions from a sonar transducer element or an array of sonar transducer elements is provided. The system comprises the sonar transducer element or the array of sonar transducer elements. The sonar transducer element or the array of sonar transducer elements define an emitting face and are configured to transmit sonar signals along path(s). The system also comprises a horn comprising surface(s). Surface(s) are positioned adjacent to or in a spaced apart manner from the emitting face of the sonar transducer element or the array of sonar transducer elements so that the surface(s) are positioned at least partially in path(s) such that at least some of the sonar signals transmitted from the sonar transducer element or the array of sonar transducer elements are redirected based on interaction of the at least some of the sonar signals and surface(s).