US 12,439,199 B2
Sound bar for deterrence of asian carp
Christa M Woodley, Vicksburg, MS (US); Marybeth K. Brey, La Crosse, WI (US); John T Behrens, Rock Island, IL (US); Bjorn Z. Boydston, Rock Island, IL (US); Cory D DeLong, Milan, IL (US); and Frederick R. Joers, Rock Island, IL (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, Alexandria, VA (US); and United States Department of the Interior, Reston, VA (US)
Filed by United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army, Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/324,635, filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064456 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/227 (2013.01) [H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/288 (2013.01); H04R 1/44 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sound bar for producing engineered acoustic signals for keeping an animal away from one or more specific areas, the sound bar comprising:
a weldment having a weldment top, a weldment bottom, a front weldment side, and a rear weldment side;
a plurality of speakers disposed inside the weldment and spaced from each other;
at least one acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP) disposed inside the weldment;
at least one hydrophone disposed inside the weldment; and
a mounting mechanism configured to be attached to a discharge lateral, the mounting mechanism including a plurality of bottom supports spaced from each other to support the weldment bottom at a plurality of locations and position the weldment top below a top surface of the discharge lateral and position the rear weldment side adjacent a front side of the discharge lateral.