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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Loran D Ambs, Fulshear, TX (US);
Assignee:
Western Altas International Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367165 ; 367159 ; 181113 ; 310337 ; 310369 ;
Abstract
A marine seismic source for generating acoustic source energy from electrical power. A slotted housing has an exterior surface engaged with an electrically activated transducer such as a piezoelectric transducer. One or more piezoelectric components can be adhered or otherwise attached to the exterior surface of the housing. A case can cover all or part of the piezoelectric components, and the case can be waterproof to prevent contact between the transducer and the water. The case can be integrated with the slotted housing to form a composite structure, or a cavity, for containing a transducer such as piezoelectric components.