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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Seabed Geosolutions B.v., Leidschendam, NL;

Inventors:

Arne Henning Rokkan, Olsvik, NO;

Richard Edward Henman, Horsham, GB;

Leif Johan Larsen, Alversund, NO;

Johan Fredrik Næs, Trondheim, NO;

Mariann Ervik, Trondheim, NO;

Ole-Fredrik Semb, Tolvsrod, NO;

Assignee:

SEABED GEOSOLUTIONS B.V., Leidschendam, NL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01); B65G 67/60 (2006.01); F16L 1/14 (2006.01); F16L 1/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3852 (2013.01); B65G 67/60 (2013.01); F16L 1/14 (2013.01); F16L 1/20 (2013.01); F16L 1/235 (2013.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01);
Abstract

Containerized handling, deployment, and retrieval systems for deploying and retrieving a plurality of autonomous seismic nodes from the back deck of a marine vessel are presented. The handling system may comprise a deployment system and a node storage and service system fully contained within a plurality of CSC approved ISO containers. Each of the components of the handling system may be located in a CSC approved ISO container for storage, operation, and transport. In one embodiment, the node deployment system is configured to retrieve and deploy autonomous seismic nodes from the back deck of a vessel. In one embodiment, the node storage and service system is configured to transfer nodes to and from the node deployment system for storage and servicing.


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