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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. 04, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kvaerner Masa-Yards Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 57 ; 367 23 ;
Abstract
A sound source arrangement for use in carrying out a seismic survey comprises flexible structural modules connected together end-to-end to form an elongated flexible structure of substantially uniform exterior cross-sectional shape and size. The elongated flexible structure can be stored on a reeling unit and may be unwound from the reeling unit at a survey location and wound back onto the reeling unit without disconnecting the modules from one another. At least one of the flexible modules is an air gun module which includes a device for producing sound impulses.