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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Neil W Cameron, London, GB;
Assignees:
Britoil Public Limited Company, Glasgow, GB;
Standard Telephones and Cables Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 20 ; 367154 ; 367130 ; 1741015 ;
Abstract
A hydrophone section for a seismic streamer towed array in which the hydrophones 2 are arranged in groups of not more than 7, the spacing of the hydrophones within each group being such that each group has an overall length l=0.8-1.2 m. The hydrophone mounts 5 and mechanical spacers 3 are attached at their periphery to aramid fibre strainwires 4. The hydrophone mounts and mechanical spacers are acoustically open structures.