Piston-type marine vibrators comprising a compliance chamber
    21.
    发明授权
    Piston-type marine vibrators comprising a compliance chamber 有权
    活塞式海洋振动器,包括顺应室

    公开(公告)号:US09360574B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-07

    申请号:US14462052

    申请日:2014-08-18

    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a marine vibrator and methods of using. Embodiments of the marine vibrator may comprise a containment housing; a piston plate, wherein an internal volume of the marine vibrator is at least partially defined by the containment housing and the piston plate, the internal volume containing a first gas at a first gas pressure; a fixture coupled to the containment housing; a mechanical spring element coupled to the piston plate and the fixture; a driver coupled to the piston plate and the fixture, wherein the driver is configured to move the piston plate back and forth; and a compliance chamber in contact with the first gas, wherein the compliance chamber comprises a second gas at a second gas pressure.

    Abstract translation: 公开了海洋振动器的实施例和使用方法。 海洋振动器的实施例可以包括容纳壳体; 活塞板,其中所述海洋振动器的内部容积至少部分地由所述容纳壳体和所述活塞板限定,所述内部容积包含处于第一气体压力的第一气体; 耦合到所述安全壳的固定装置; 联接到活塞板和夹具的机械弹簧元件; 驱动器,其联接到所述活塞板和所述固定装置,其中所述驱动器构造成来回移动所述活塞板; 以及与所述第一气体接触的顺应室,其中所述顺应室包括在第二气体压力下的第二气体。

    Air-Spring Compensation in a Piston-Type Marine Vibrator
    22.
    发明申请
    Air-Spring Compensation in a Piston-Type Marine Vibrator 有权
    活塞式海洋振动器中的空气弹簧补偿

    公开(公告)号:US20150085608A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-26

    申请号:US14462252

    申请日:2014-08-18

    Abstract: Embodiments relate to the restriction of gas flow in a piston-type marine vibrator to compensate for air-spring effects. An embodiment provides marine vibrator comprising: a containment housing; a piston plate; a fixture coupled to the containment housing; a mechanical spring element coupled to the piston plate and to the fixture; a driver coupled to the piston plate and to the fixture; and a variable gas flow restrictor disposed in an interior volume of the marine vibrator, wherein the marine vibrator has a resonance frequency selectable based at least in part on the variable gas flow restrictor.

    Abstract translation: 实施例涉及在活塞式海洋振动器中限制气流以补偿空气弹簧效应。 一个实施例提供海洋振动器,其包括:容纳壳体; 活塞板; 耦合到所述安全壳的固定装置; 耦合到活塞板和固定装置的机械弹簧元件; 联接到活塞板和固定装置的驱动器; 以及设置在所述海洋振动器的内部容积中的可变气体限流器,其中所述海洋振动器具有至少部分地基于所述可变气体流量限制器可选择的共振频率。

    Piston Integrated Variable Mass Load
    23.
    发明申请
    Piston Integrated Variable Mass Load 有权
    活塞集成可变质量负载

    公开(公告)号:US20150085607A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-26

    申请号:US14462098

    申请日:2014-08-18

    CPC classification number: G01V1/145 G01V2210/1293

    Abstract: Embodiments relate to relate to marine vibrators that incorporate one or more piston plates that act on the surrounding water to produce acoustic energy. An example marine vibrator may comprise: a containment housing; a piston plate; a fixture coupled to the containment housing; a mechanical spring element coupled to the piston plate and the fixture; a driver disposed in the marine vibrator, wherein the driver is coupled to the piston plate and the fixture; and a container coupled to the piston plate, wherein the container is configured to hold a variable mass load; wherein the marine vibrator has a resonance frequency selectable based at least in part on the variable mass load.

    Abstract translation: 实施例涉及包括一个或多个作用在周围水上以产生声能的活塞板的海洋振动器。 示例性海洋振动器可以包括:容纳壳体; 活塞板; 耦合到所述安全壳的固定装置; 联接到活塞板和夹具的机械弹簧元件; 设置在所述海洋振动器中的驱动器,其中所述驱动器联接到所述活塞板和所述固定装置; 以及联接到所述活塞板的容器,其中所述容器被构造成保持可变的质量负载; 其中所述海洋振动器具有至少部分地基于所述可变质量负载来选择的共振频率。

    Lock mechanism in a gel-type streamer

    公开(公告)号:US11366242B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16542260

    申请日:2019-08-15

    Abstract: Embodiments may be directed to marine geophysical surveying and associated methods. At least one embodiment may be directed to incorporation of a lock mechanism in a sensor streamer that interlocks the outer jacket with one or more of the spacers to prevent relative rotation between the outer jacket. An embodiment may provide a sensor streamer that includes an outer jacket, a plurality of spacers, and a locking mechanism. The outer jacket may be elongated in an axial direction and comprise an outer jacket surface and an inner jacket surface. The plurality of spacers may be positioned in the outer jacket at spaced apart locations in the axial direction, wherein each of the plurality of spacers comprises a spacer body having an outer spacer surface. The locking mechanism may interlock the outer jacket with at least one of the plurality of spacers.

    Geophysical survey techniques using different correlation intervals

    公开(公告)号:US11294083B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16055943

    申请日:2018-08-06

    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to geophysical surveying. In various embodiments, a computer system may access seismic data for a geological formation, where the seismic data is recorded, using one or more sensors, during a seismic survey in which a first vibratory source was driven using a first digital code for at least a first time interval. The first digital code, in some embodiments, may include a first plurality of subsections corresponding to portions of the first time interval. In some embodiments, the computer system may image a first location of the geological formation using a correlation of only a first sub-section of the first plurality of sub-sections with the seismic data. Further, in some embodiments, the computer system may image a second location of the geological formation using a correlation of two or more of the first plurality of sub-sections with the seismic data.

    Lock Mechanism In A Gel-Type Streamer
    26.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200064504A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16542260

    申请日:2019-08-15

    Abstract: Embodiments may be directed to marine geophysical surveying and associated methods. At least one embodiment may be directed to incorporation of a lock mechanism in a sensor streamer that interlocks the outer jacket with one or more of the spacers to prevent relative rotation between the outer jacket. An embodiment may provide a sensor streamer that includes an outer jacket, a plurality of spacers, and a locking mechanism. The outer jacket may be elongated in an axial direction and comprise an outer jacket surface and an inner jacket surface. The plurality of spacers may be positioned in the outer jacket at spaced apart locations in the axial direction, wherein each of the plurality of spacers comprises a spacer body having an outer spacer surface. The locking mechanism may interlock the outer jacket with at least one of the plurality of spacers.

    Coded Signals for Marine Vibrators
    27.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180128927A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-10

    申请号:US15727338

    申请日:2017-10-06

    Abstract: Embodiments may be directed to marine vibrators and associated methods that use appropriately selected composite code sequences. A method of seismic surveying may comprise operating a plurality of marine vibrators. At least one of the marine vibrators may repeatedly cycle through a plurality of composite code sequences that are unique to the at least one of the marine vibrators, wherein two or more of the marine vibrators operate contemporaneously for at least one output interval. The method may further comprise detecting seismic energy with one or more seismic sensors after the seismic energy has interacted with subsurface formations, wherein the seismic energy was emitted from the marine vibrators, wherein the detecting occurs while operating the plurality of marine vibrators.

    Seismic Pressure and Acceleration Measurement

    公开(公告)号:US20220406988A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17893872

    申请日:2022-08-23

    Abstract: A plurality of sensors and a controller are disposed in a marine seismic streamer. Each of the sensors comprises an enclosure having two opposing interior walls, first and second piezoelectric elements disposed on the opposing interior walls, a third piezoelectric element disposed on a flexible substrate within the enclosure between the opposing interior walls, a pressure signal output node and an acceleration signal output node disposed on the exterior surface of the enclosure. A combined pressure signal derived from the pressure signal output nodes of the plural sensors is coupled to a pressure signal input of the controller. A combined acceleration signal derived from the acceleration signal output nodes of the plural sensors is coupled to an acceleration signal input of the controller. The streamer may be towed, and the combined pressure and acceleration signals may be recorded in a computer-readable medium.

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