PATENTS

There are many patents related to Side Scan Sonar. This is a brief list. You can set up an account at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (https://www.uspto.gov) that will allow you to search patents in various ways and to download their files. The United Kingdom Patent Office is (https://www.gov.uk/topic/intellectual-property/patents). There are similar patent offices in many countries.

3,005,973 Submarine Locaing System, Hans Kietz, October 24, 1961, Filed Feb. 11, 1955, assigned to Atlaso-Werke, Bremen, Germany

3,017,606 Echo sounding system H. Kietz etal Jan.16,1962 Filed Sept. 10, l958 4,802,148 Jan. 31, 1989

11,585,911 Variable geometry sonar system and method B2 Feb. 21, 2023, Inventors: Peter Runciman, Exeter, NH; Giuseppe Distefano, Bedford, NH (US), Assignee: Klein Marine Systems, Inc., Salem, NH

1,719,937 Device for transmitting and receiving sound waves in water on board ship from ships, W. Kunze, July 9, 1929. Filed Sept. 6, 1928

2,883,642 Echo sounding recorder, January 18, 1954, Hans Kietz, Bremen, Germany, assignor to Atlas-Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Bremen, Germany

4,422,166 , Undersea sonar scanner , for transmitting and receiving sound waves in water on board ship from ships Dec. 20, 1983, Willy Kunze, of Bremen, Germany

4,197,591, Facsimile recording of sonic values of the ocean bottom , April 8, 1980 Inventors: Hagemann; Julius (Panama City, FL

3,369,250, Feb. 13, 1968 Facsimile Recording Device, T.H. Gifft

3, 655,914, April 11, 1972, Facsimile System, Inventors: Thomas H. Gift, Anaheim; Francis E. Adams, Corona, both of Calif.,Assignee:T. H. Gifft Co., Inc., Anaheim, Calif.

4,199,746 SIDE-LOOKING SONAR APPARATUS 4/1980 ,Inventor: George A. Gilmour, Severna Park, Md.

Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.

4,422,166 Undersea Sonar Scanner correlated with auxiliary sensor trace,Dec, 20, 1983 Inventor: Martin Klein, Salem, N.H., Assignee: Klein Associates, Inc., Salem, N.H., Filed: Aug. 17, 1981

3,975,704, Aug. 17, 1976, METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SONAR AND RELATED SIGNAL TEXTURE ENHANCEMENT OF RECORDING MEDIA, Inventor: Martin Klein, Salem, N.H., Assignee: Klein Associates, Inc., Salem, N.H.

4,055,138, Oct. 25, 1977, UNDERWATER VEHICLE TOWING AND RECOVERY APPARATUS, Inventor: Martin Klein, Amesbury,Mass.,Assignee: Klein Associates, Inc., Salem, N.H.

4,137,538, Jan 30, 1979, PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPATIBLE WET AND DRY PAPER SIGNAL RECORDING, Inventor: Martin Klein, Salem, N.H., Assignee: Klein Associates, Inc., Salem, N.H.

4,096,484 Jun. 20, 1978, GRAPHIC RECORDING SYSTEM, Inventors: Radford G. Ferre; Brent Rudy Miller,, both of Sandy, Utah, Assignee: Edo Western Corporation, Salt Lake, City, Utah

3,950,723 SONAR APPARATUS Apr. 13, 1976, Inventor: George A. Gilmour, Severna Park, Md.,Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa.

3,585,579 SIDE LOOKING SONAR TRANSDUCER, June 15, 1971, Inventors John A. Dorr Baltimore, Md.; John H. Thompson, Pittsburgh, Pa. 840,163, Filed July 9, 1969, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA.