US 2015/0101407 A1 · GRAVITY TRANSDUCER

Abstract

An airborne gravity-based transducer is disclosed as two embodiments with similar physical structures but different operating principles. The first design includes a particle acting as an active interface characterized by internal vibrations relating to its de Broglie wave, a resonant cavity for trapping the particle, and a phonon-wave source wherein the de Broglie and phonon waves interact over a junction area. In the second design, mechanical displacements between the transducer elements can be monitored through electromechanical transduction. Both designs include a power source and a biasing circuit for producing an electrical current across the junction, and a sensing system for measuring voltage. Both designs are capable of cancelling slowly-varying gravitational acceleration due to dynamic interaction in motion with the gravitational field and responding to small-scale gravity anomalies. The transducer can be utilized in hydrocarbon exploration to provide information on areas conducive to fluid entrapment in the sedimentary column.

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Dependent claims

A gravity transducer system comprising:

a junction comprising a first metal and a second metal, said junction forming an active capacitance due to the mechanical vibration of the junction assembly;
a power source for applying electrical power across said junction;
a sensor capable of sensing voltage, said sensor electrically connected with said junction, said sensor producing a sensed signal characteristic of a gravitational signal;
and
a recording system for recording said sensed gravitational signal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gravity transducer

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Abstract

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