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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:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rick A Curto, Friendswood, TX (US);
Tom E Hickman, Sugarland, TX (US);
Philip J Jenkins, Pearland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Western Atlas International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114253 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus in marine seismic surveying for towing an optical-electrical towing cable (leadin) and seismic array (streamer cable) at a perpendicular distance from the centerline of the towing vessel using a short, flexible adapter cable section which optically and electrically connects the leadin to the streamer cable and which attaches to pivoting arms of a removable towing bracket which carries the bending loads.