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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
William O McNeel, Houston, TX (US);
James A Sackett, Houston, TX (US);
Joe N Wood, Houston, TX (US);
Julian Soliz, III, Pearland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Western Atlas International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367178 ; 181102 ; 367911 ;
Abstract
A transducer assembly for use along the surface of the earth or in a borehole to detect seismic signals along mutually orthogonal axes. The transducer assembly includes at least two geophones or accelerometers gimbally-mounted within a housing such that when the housing is oriented at substantially any angle, the enclosed geophones remain in their respective planes with respect to gravity and their axes of sensitivity to the seismic signals remain orthogonal to each other.