Patent ID: 11880002
Assignee: SNIPER MARINE, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for operating a manually rotatable sonar transducer mounting apparatus without the use of a motor, the method comprising:
providing a manually rotatable sonar transducer mounting apparatus comprising:
a first rotatable member comprising:
a top shaft comprising a top shaft first end and a top shaft second end; and
a first gear piece connected to the top shaft distal to the top shaft first end;

a second rotatable member comprising:
a bottom shaft comprising a bottom shaft first end, a bottom shaft second end, and a transducer mounting point aperture located proximate to the bottom shaft first end;
a second gear piece connected to the bottom shaft proximate to the bottom shaft second end, wherein the bottom shaft is hollow at least partially through the bottom shaft; and

a gear enclosure comprising:
a first wall;
a top shaft sleeve attached to the first wall, wherein the top shaft extends through the first wall and the top shaft sleeve, with the first gear piece located inside the gear enclosure;
a second wall oriented orthogonal to the first wall; and
a bottom shaft sleeve including a bottom shaft sleeve first end and a bottom shaft sleeve second end, the bottom shaft sleeve attached to the second wall, wherein the bottom shaft extends through the second wall and the bottom shaft sleeve, with the second gear piece located inside the gear enclosure mechanically engaged with the first gear piece;

attaching a sonar transducer to a bottom shaft of the second rotatable member of the manually rotatable sonar transducer mounting apparatus to form an assembled sonar transducer control apparatus;
attaching the assembled sonar transducer control apparatus to a boat using a mounting assembly;
submerging the sonar transducer underwater;
rotating the first rotatable member which is mechanically engaged with and connected to the second rotatable member, thereby rotating the attached sonar transducer.