Coupling ring, methods and applications
    1.
    发明授权
    Coupling ring, methods and applications 有权
    耦合环,方法和应用

    公开(公告)号:US08966718B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-03

    申请号:US13442064

    申请日:2012-04-09

    IPC分类号: A44B13/00 F16G11/14

    摘要: A coupler for a load-bearing, non-signal-transmitting cable includes a body portion having integral first and second ends and an integral gate having a key entry region, wherein the body portion has a free space at least partially enclosed by an inner surface of the body portion and the gate. A complimentary coupling ring includes an integral perimetal body having a head section, a foot section, and two arm sections therebetween, wherein at least one of the arm sections has a key region, further wherein the key region consists of a solid, integral portion of the at least one arm section. A coupler/coupling ring assembly includes a coupler and a coupling ring that is removeably engageable with the coupler. The coupler/coupling ring assembly is particularly suited for interconnecting lengths of load-bearing, non-signal-transmitting cable, particularly suited for, but not limited to, undersea applications such as attaching a seismic data recording device to the coupler via the coupling ring.

    摘要翻译: 用于承载的非信号传输电缆的耦合器包括具有整体的第一和第二端的主体部分和具有键入口区域的整体门,其中主体部分具有至少部分地被内表面包围的自由空间 的身体部分和门。 互补联接环包括整体的金属外壳体,其具有头部,脚部和两个臂部之间,其中臂部中的至少一个具有钥匙区域,其中,所述钥匙区域包括固体的整体部分 所述至少一个臂部。 耦合器/联接环组件包括耦合器和可与耦合器可移除地接合的联接环。 联接器/联接环组件特别适用于互连长度的承载非信号传输电缆,特别适用于但不限于海底应用,例如通过耦合环将地震数据记录装置连接到耦合器 。

    Deployment method for ocean bottom seismometers
    2.
    发明授权
    Deployment method for ocean bottom seismometers 有权
    海底地震仪的部署方法

    公开(公告)号:US08632274B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-21

    申请号:US13195198

    申请日:2011-08-01

    IPC分类号: B63C11/00 G01V1/09

    摘要: A deployment method and system for ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) includes providing a plurality of circular shaped, wireless, self-contained OBS units. The circular shaped OBS units are loaded into a carrier and transported from a surface vessel to the ocean floor where a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is utilized to individually place the plurality of circular OBS units on the ocean floor. Placement of each OBS unit is accomplished by utilizing suction mechanism attached to a robotic arm. The suction mechanism is defined about an axis and employs a suction cup to individually engage each circular shaped OBS unit so that the suction mechanism is coaxially aligned with the OBS unit, and move the OBS unit from a first location to the ocean floor.

    摘要翻译: 海底地震仪(OBS)的部署方法和系统包括提供多个圆形,无线,独立的OBS单元。 圆形OBS单元被装载到载体中并从地面船运送到海底,其中使用远程操作的车辆(ROV)来将多个圆形OBS单元单独放置在海底。 通过利用连接到机器人臂的抽吸机构来实现每个OBS单元的放置。 抽吸机构围绕轴线限定,并且采用吸盘来单独地接合每个圆形OBS单元,使得吸入机构与OBS单元同轴对准,并将OBS单元从第一位置移动到海底。

    Apparatus and methods for an ocean bottom seismic sensor deployment vehicle
    3.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for an ocean bottom seismic sensor deployment vehicle 有权
    海底地震传感器部署车辆的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08579545B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-12

    申请号:US13038296

    申请日:2011-03-01

    IPC分类号: B63C11/52

    CPC分类号: F16L1/16 G01V1/3852

    摘要: Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus and method for transferring one or more seismic sensor devices to or from a support vessel on or near a surface of a body of water and a subsurface marine location. In one embodiment, an apparatus for transferring seismic sensor devices is provided. The apparatus includes a frame structure having one or more rails disposed thereon, the one or more rails comprising an elevator mechanism and defining at least one exit path for one or more seismic sensor devices, and one or more motors coupled to the elevator mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述的实施例涉及一种用于将一个或多个地震传感器装置传送到水体和地下海洋位置的表面上或附近的支撑容器的装置和方法。 在一个实施例中,提供了一种用于传送地震传感器装置的装置。 该装置包括具有设置在其上的一个或多个轨道的框架结构,所述一个或多个导轨包括电梯机构并且限定用于一个或多个地震传感器装置的至少一个出口路径以及耦合到电梯机构的一个或多个电动机。

    COUPLER/ COUPLING RING ASSEMBLY, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS
    4.
    发明申请
    COUPLER/ COUPLING RING ASSEMBLY, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS 有权
    联轴器/联轴器环组件,方法和应用

    公开(公告)号:US20130266366A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-10

    申请号:US13442074

    申请日:2012-04-09

    IPC分类号: F16D1/00

    摘要: A coupler for a cable includes a body portion having integral first and second ends and an integral gate having a key entry region, wherein the body portion has a free space at least partially enclosed by an inner surface of the body portion and the gate. A complimentary coupling ring includes an integral perimetal body having a head section, a foot section, and two arm sections therebetween, wherein at least one of the arm sections has a key region, wherein the key region consists of a solid, integral portion of the at least one arm section. A coupler/coupling ring assembly comprises a coupler and a coupling ring that is removeably engageable with the coupler. The coupler/coupling ring assembly is suited for interconnecting lengths of cable, particularly suited for, but not limited to, undersea applications such as attaching a seismic data recording device to the coupler via the coupling ring.

    摘要翻译: 用于电缆的耦合器包括具有整体的第一和第二端的主体部分和具有键入口区域的整体门,其中主体部分具有至少部分地被主体部分和门的内表面封闭的自由空间。 互补联接环包括具有头部部分,脚部部分和其间的两个臂部分的整体的金属外围主体,其中臂部分中的至少一个具有关键区域,其中,关键区域由固定的部分 至少一个臂部。 耦合器/联接环组件包括耦合器和可与耦合器可移除地接合的联接环。 耦合器/联接环组件适用于互连长度的电缆,特别适用于但不限于海底应用,例如通过耦合环将地震数据记录装置附接到耦合器。

    Powered sheave for node deployment and retrieval
    5.
    发明授权
    Powered sheave for node deployment and retrieval 有权
    动力滑轮用于节点部署和检索

    公开(公告)号:US08087848B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-03

    申请号:US12199725

    申请日:2008-08-27

    IPC分类号: G01V1/38

    摘要: A method and apparatus for deploying a plurality of seismic sensor units into a water column is described. The method includes providing a length of flexible cable from a cable storage device disposed on a vessel to a powered sheave, the cable having a plurality of spaced apart attachment points, routing the cable from the powered sheave to pass adjacent a workstation disposed on the vessel, deploying a free end of the cable into the water column while increasing the motion of the vessel to a first speed, operating the vessel at the first speed while providing a deployment rate of the cable at a second speed, the second speed being greater than the first speed, decreasing the second speed of the cable as an attachment point approaches the work station, and attaching at least one of the plurality of seismic sensor units to the attachment point at the workstation.

    摘要翻译: 描述了将多个地震传感器单元部署到水塔中的方法和装置。 该方法包括从设置在容器上的电缆存储装置向动力滑轮提供长度的柔性电缆,所述电缆具有多个间隔开的连接点,将电缆从动力滑轮布置成邻近设置在容器上的工作站 ,将电缆的自由端部署到水柱中,同时将容器的运动增加到第一速度,以第一速度操作容器,同时以第二速度提供电缆的展开速率,第二速度大于 第一速度,当附接点接近工作站时减小电缆的第二速度,并且将多个地震传感器单元中的至少一个附接到工作站处的附接点。

    Deployment and retrieval method for shallow water ocean bottom seismometers
    6.
    发明授权
    Deployment and retrieval method for shallow water ocean bottom seismometers 有权
    浅水海底地震仪的部署和检索方法

    公开(公告)号:US07990803B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-02

    申请号:US12838859

    申请日:2010-07-19

    IPC分类号: G01V1/38

    摘要: The deployment method for deploying seismic data acquisition units into shallow water from the deck of a vessel provides for deploying a cable into the water. Seismic data acquisition units are moved from a storage location on the vessel to a position adjacent the cable. In one embodiment, a unit is accelerated to the approximate speed of the cable, at which point the unit is attached to the cable and released into the water. In another embodiment, cable deployment is interrupted while a unit is attached, after which, cable deployment is resumed.

    摘要翻译: 将地震数据采集单元从船只甲板部署到浅水中的部署方法可将电缆部署到水中。 地震数据采集单元从容器上的存储位置移动到与电缆相邻的位置。 在一个实施例中,单元被加速到电缆的大致速度,在该点处,单元附接到电缆并释放到水中。 在另一个实施例中,在连接单元时电缆部署被中断,之后电缆部署被恢复。

    Deployment and Retrieval Method for Shallow Water Ocean Bottom Seismometers
    7.
    发明申请
    Deployment and Retrieval Method for Shallow Water Ocean Bottom Seismometers 有权
    浅水海底测力仪的部署和检索方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100329076A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-30

    申请号:US12838859

    申请日:2010-07-19

    IPC分类号: G01V1/16

    摘要: A marine seismic exploration method and system comprised of continuous recording, self-contained ocean bottom pods characterized by low profile casings. An external bumper is provided to promote ocean bottom coupling and prevent fishing net entrapment. Pods are tethered together with flexible, non-rigid, non-conducting cable used to control pod deployment. Pods are deployed and retrieved from a boat deck configured to have a storage system and a handling system to attach pods to cable on-the-fly. The storage system is a juke box configuration of slots wherein individual pods are randomly stored in the slots to permit data extraction, charging, testing and synchronizing without opening the pods. A pod may include an inertial navigation system to determine ocean floor location and a rubidium clock for timing. The system includes mathematical gimballing. The cable may include shear couplings designed to automatically shear apart if a certain level of cable tension is reached.

    摘要翻译: 海洋地震勘探方法和系统由连续记录,独立的海底荚组成,其特征在于薄型壳体。 提供一个外部保险杠,以促进海底耦合并防止捕鱼网捕获。 荚被捆绑在一起,用于控制荚部署的柔性,非刚性,不导电的电缆。 从配置成具有存储系统的船甲板部署和检索荚,并且将荚直接连接到缆线。 存储系统是插槽的自动点播机配置,其中单独的盒被随机存储在插槽中,以允许数据提取,充电,测试和同步而不打开盒。 荚可以包括用于确定海底位置的惯性导航系统和用于定时的铷钟。 该系统包括数学gimballing。 电缆可以包括设计成如果达到一定水平的电缆张力时自动分开的剪切耦合。

    Method and apparatus for seismic data acquisition
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for seismic data acquisition 有权
    地震数据采集方法与装置

    公开(公告)号:US07724607B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-25

    申请号:US11592584

    申请日:2006-11-03

    IPC分类号: G01V1/00

    摘要: A marine seismic exploration method and system comprised of continuous recording, self-contained ocean bottom pods characterized by low profile casings. An external bumper is provided to promote ocean bottom coupling and prevent fishing net entrapment. Pods are tethered together with flexible, non-rigid, non-conducting cable used to control pod deployment. Pods are deployed and retrieved from a boat deck configured to have a storage system and a handling system to attach pods to cable on-the-fly. The storage system is a juke box configuration of slots wherein individual pods are randomly stored in the slots to permit data extraction, charging, testing and synchronizing without opening the pods. A pod may include an inertial navigation system to determine ocean floor location and a rubidium clock for timing. The system includes mathematical gimballing. The cable may include shear couplings designed to automatically shear apart if a certain level of cable tension is reached.

    摘要翻译: 海洋地震勘探方法和系统由连续记录,独立的海底荚组成,其特征在于薄型壳体。 提供一个外部保险杠,以促进海底耦合并防止捕鱼网捕获。 荚被捆绑在一起,用于控制荚部署的柔性,非刚性,不导电的电缆。 从配置成具有存储系统的船甲板部署和检索荚,并且将荚直接连接到缆线。 存储系统是插槽的自动点播机配置,其中单独的盒被随机存储在插槽中,以允许数据提取,充电,测试和同步而不打开盒。 荚可以包括用于确定海底位置的惯性导航系统和用于定时的铷钟。 该系统包括数学gimballing。 电缆可以包括设计成如果达到一定水平的电缆张力时自动分开的剪切耦合。

    Breakaway deployment cable for underwater seismic recording system
    9.
    发明授权
    Breakaway deployment cable for underwater seismic recording system 有权
    用于水下地震记录系统的分离布置电缆

    公开(公告)号:US07602667B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-13

    申请号:US12004916

    申请日:2007-12-21

    申请人: James N. Thompson

    发明人: James N. Thompson

    IPC分类号: G01V1/38

    摘要: A seismic cable system for joining the free ends of a seismic cable utilizing a connector which will separate when subject to a predetermined load. The system includes a first cable connector section that is rotatingly mounted directly on a first free cable end and a second cable connector section that is rotatingly mounted directly on a second free cable end. One cable connector section seats within the other cable connector section and the two sections are fixed to one another with a shear pin. The system is particularly useful when utilizing non-conducting, flexible cable or rope to deploy and retrieve a plurality of stand-alone, self-contained seismic data acquisition units secured to the cable.

    摘要翻译: 一种地震缆索系统,用于利用连接器连接地震索的自由端,该连接器在经受预定载荷时将分离。 该系统包括直接旋转地安装在第一自由电缆端上的第一电缆连接器部分和直接旋转地安装在第二自由电缆端上的第二电缆连接器部分。 一个电缆连接器部分位于另一个电缆连接器部分内,两个部分用剪切销彼此固定。 当使用不导电的柔性电缆或绳索来部署和检索固定到电缆的多个独立的独立的地震数据采集单元时,该系统特别有用。

    COUPLING RING , METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
    10.
    发明申请
    COUPLING RING , METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 有权
    耦合环,方法和应用

    公开(公告)号:US20130266365A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-10

    申请号:US13442064

    申请日:2012-04-09

    IPC分类号: F16B7/00

    摘要: A coupler for a able includes a body portion having integral first and second ends and an integral gate having a key entry region, wherein the body portion has a free space at least partially enclosed by an inner surface of the body portion and the gate. A complimentary coupling ring includes an integral perimetal body having a head section, a foot section, and two arm sections therebetween, wherein at least one of the arm sections has a key region, wherein the key region consists of a solid, integral portion of the at least one arm section. A coupler/coupling ring assembly comprises a coupler and a coupling ring that is removeably engageable with the coupler. The coupler/coupling ring assembly is suited for interconnecting lengths of cable, particularly suited for, but not limited to, undersea applications such as attaching a seismic data recording device to the coupler via the coupling ring.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于能量的耦合器包括具有整体的第一和第二端的主体部分和具有键入口区域的整体门,其中主体部分具有至少部分地被主体部分的内表面和门封闭的自由空间。 互补联接环包括具有头部部分,脚部部分和其间的两个臂部分的整体的金属外围主体,其中臂部分中的至少一个具有关键区域,其中,关键区域由固定的部分 至少一个臂部分。 耦合器/联接环组件包括耦合器和可与耦合器可移除地接合的联接环。 耦合器/联接环组件适用于互连长度的电缆,特别适用于但不限于海底应用,例如通过耦合环将地震数据记录装置附接到耦合器。