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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2023
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Alexandria, VA (US);
Christa M Woodley, Vicksburg, MS (US);
Marybeth K. Brey, La Crosse, WI (US);
John T Behrens, Rock Island, IL (US);
Bjorn Z. Boydston, Rock Island, IL (US);
Cory D Delong, Milan, IL (US);
Frederick R. Joers, Rock Island, IL (US);
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, Alexandria, VA (US);
United States Department of the Interior, Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a sound bar for producing engineered acoustic signals for keeping an animal away from one or more specific areas. The sound bar includes: a weldment having a weldment top, a weldment bottom, a front weldment side, and a rear weldment side; a plurality of speakers disposed inside the weldment and spaced from each other; at least one acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP) disposed inside the weldment; at least one hydrophone disposed inside the weldment; and a mounting mechanism configured to be attached to a discharge lateral, the mounting mechanism including a plurality of bottom supports spaced from each other to support the weldment bottom at a plurality of locations and position the weldment top below a top surface of the discharge lateral and position the rear weldment side adjacent a front side of the discharge lateral.