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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Applicants:
David A. Betts, Eufaula, AL (US);
David E. Malphurs, Eufaula, AL (US);
David Mcleod, Lutz, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Johnson Outdoors Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sonar device includes a light source, a rotatable element, a motor for rotating the rotatable element, and a display. A light guide mounted on the rotatable element has an inlet end aligned with the light source and an outlet end aligned with the display. Light emitted from the light source enters the inlet end of the light guide, is directed from the inlet end to the outlet end in a beam, and is emitted out the outlet end of the light guide.