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US 7,646,670 B2Granted
Autonomous ocean bottom seismic node recording device
AssigneeCggveritas Services (U.S.) Inc.
InventorsPeter W. Maxwell, Timothy R. E. Owen, Stuart Denny, Tor Haugland, Joshua Ronen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved autonomous node seismic recording device having an integrated modular design and one or more features that assist coupling of the unit to the sea floor in order to improve the vector fidelity of seismic signal measurement.
Claims23
An autonomous ocean bottom seismic node recording device comprising:
- an integrated modular housing,
- a base plate forming the bottom of said housing;
- a battery and recording unit housing assembly comprising:
- a recording unit housing mounted on said base plate, said recording unit housing having a size and shape to house a recording unit;
- and,
- at least one battery housing mounted on said base plate, said battery housing having a size and shape to house a battery;
- wherein said battery housing and recording unit housing are arranged symmetrically with respect to the base plate;
- and,
- a vector sensor housing mounted on or through said base plate, said vector sensor housing comprising at least one vector sensor, said vector sensor housing mounted coaxially with said base plate.
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