ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,649, issued on July 29.
"Articulating device for mounting transducers" was invented by Ronald Wayne Roath (Dixon, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer mounting device for positioning and orienting a transducer is disclosed that can pivot the transducer about multiple axes and readily provide information regarding a direction which the transducer is pointing when the transducer detects a submerged mass. The disclosed device includes a rotatable pole to which a microcontroller, transmission module, and articulating sensor module are attached. Each of the transmission module and articulating sensor module include motors for ...