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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Sercel, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Cerniway, Katy, TX (US);
Michael Maples, Houston, TX (US);
Gaetan Mellier, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SERCEL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/56 (2006.01); F16F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/022 (2013.01); G01V 1/201 (2013.01); B63B 21/56 (2013.01); G01V 2001/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for mitigating vibrations in a device towed in water. The apparatus includes one or more tuned elastic sections having a complex spring rate and adapted to attenuate vibrations in a specified frequency range; and a head end coupler adapted to couple the apparatus for vibration mitigation to a component of an electro-mechanical cable or a tow assembly. One of the one or more tuned elastic sections is coupled to the head end coupler with a high impedance material interface.