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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

May. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL (US);

Inventors:

Paul Armin Nyffenegger, Rockledge, FL (US);

Mark Andrew Tinker, Merritt Island, FL (US);

Arthur Owen Endress, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G01V 1/18 (2006.01); G01V 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/30 (2013.01); G01V 1/164 (2013.01); G01V 1/186 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor system responsive to acoustic or seismic signals. One system includes a frame and a piezo-electric sensor element. The sensor element, responsive to a wavefield of seismic or acoustic energy, is positioned about the frame. Coupling between the sensor element and the frame is so limited as to render direct coupling of the sensor element with the wavefield the predominant means for stimulating the sensor element with seismic energy. Another system includes a frame and a cable element, responsive to a seismic or acoustic wavefield, extending about the frame. Coupling between the cable element and frame is so limited as to render direct coupling of the sensor element with the wavefield the predominant means for stimulating the sensor element with acoustic or seismic energy. The element may be coaxial cable or have piezo-electric properties to generate a charge differential measurable as a voltage between conductors.


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