G01V 1/143
Using mechanical driving means
Official title: using mechanical driving means {, e.g. motor driven shaft}(G01V1/104, G01V1/133 take precedence)
G01V1/143 (Using mechanical driving means) appears on 395 US grants and 229 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Linear motor driving means for acoustic emitters22 Sep 2026US 12,742,898 B2Akitemos Solutions AB
- System and method for determining water bottom sediment acoustic properties using a pile driver acoustic source9 Jun 2026US 12,650,532 B2Subsea Micropiles Limited
- Seismic source4 Nov 2025US 12,461,260 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Seismic acquisition and processing with a high-speed train source28 Oct 2025US 12,455,393 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Device for marine seismic explorations9 Sep 2025US 12,411,255 B2Sercel
- A method for estimating a notional source waveform6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227535 A1Reflection Marine Norge AS
- Marine vibrator with one or more remotely located components23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211135 A1Applied Physical Sciences Corp.
- High-frequency, powerful, repeatable impact seismic source system and impact method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202563 A1Ccteg Coal Mining Research Institute
- Advanced perception system for in-situ engineering rock mass information9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194671 A1Kunming University of Science and Technology
- System and method for high-frequency remote surveying11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160906 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Monopole, dipole, and quadrupole borehole seismic transducers56US 5,030,873 ASouthwest Research Institute · 1991
- Methods and apparatus for the generation and transmission of seismic signals48US 4,147,228 AHydroacoustics Inc. · 1979
- Low frequency flextensional acoustic source for underwater use45US 6,076,629 AUnaco Systems AB · 2000
- Marine vibrator45US 6,230,840 B1Western Atlas International, Inc. · 2001
- Tunable marine seismic source44US 4,483,411 AExxon Production Research Company · 1984