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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Fugro N.v., Leidschendam, NL;

Inventor:
Assignee:

Fugro N.V., , NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/137 (2006.01); G01V 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/137 (2013.01); G01V 1/02 (2013.01); Y02A 90/36 (2018.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a pressure tolerant seismic source for deep water survey. The seismic source can include an electromagnetic coil for generating an electromagnetic pulse, a piston plate movable by said electromagnetic pulse, and a housing with a first chamber and a second chamber separated by each other via a common bulkhead arrangement. The seismic source can also include that the coil is arranged within the first chamber and the piston plate arranged within the second chamber. The seismic source can also include the second chamber is at least partly filled with a liquid coupled to the plate so that due to movement of the plate at least one pressure pulse is generated traveling through the liquid within said second chamber.


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