ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,859, issued on July 22, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Trolling motor and sonar device directional control" was invented by Dustyn P. Pendergraft (Claremore, Okla.) and Jeremiah D. Clark (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example steering control systems and methods for multiple devices are provided herein. A system includes a trolling motor assembly having a propulsion motor and a steering actuator and a sonar assembly comprising a transducer assembly and a directional actuator. The system further includes a user input assembly that is configured to detect user activity related to controlling operation of the...