公开(公告)号：US5712828A

公开(公告)日：1998-01-27

申请号：US699915

申请日：1996-08-20

申请人： John Luscombe ,  Michael L. Maples

发明人： John Luscombe ,  Michael L. Maples

IPC分类号： G01H3/00 ,  G01V13/00 ,  H04B17/00

CPC分类号： G01V13/00 ,  G01H3/005

摘要： A system for testing a group of hydrophones includes (a) a tank having a nozzle adapted for attachment of a streamer jacket; (b) a harness reel inside the tank for reversibly retaining a group of hydrophones; (c) fluid passage means into the tank for introducing and withdrawing fluid into and out of the tank; (d) an oscillating pump in fluid communication with the tank to introduce a time varying pressure pulse in the tank; (e) a reference hydrophone inside the tank; (f) electrical coupling means to couple a hydrophone signal from the group of hydrophones and the reference hydrophone to a central processing unit; and (g) means for comparing the hydrophone signal of the reference hydrophone to the hydrophone signal of the group of hydrophones. The means for comparing the hydrophone signal of the reference hydrophone to the signal from the group of hydrophones comprises a computer that determines the maximum signal strength and the fundamental frequency from the reference hydrophone, determines the maximum signal strength from the test array at the fundamental frequency, then calculates the sensitivity of the test array from the known sensitivity of the reference hydrophone.

摘要翻译： 用于测试一组水听器的系统包括（a）具有适于附接流光外套的喷嘴的罐; （b）罐内的线束卷筒，用于可逆地保持一组水听器; （c）流体通道装置进入罐中，用于将流体引入和取出槽内; （d）与罐流体连通的振荡泵，以在罐中引入时变压力脉冲; （e）水箱内的参考水听器; （f）电耦合装置，用于将水听器组和参考水听器组的水听器信号耦合到中央处理单元; 以及（g）用于将参考水听器的水听器信号与该组水听器的水听器信号进行比较的装置。 用于将参考水听器的水听器信号与来自水听器组的信号进行比较的装置包括从参考水听器确定最大信号强度和基频的计算机，从基频确定来自测试阵列的最大信号强度 ，然后根据参考水听器的已知灵敏度计算测试阵列的灵敏度。

公开(公告)号：US5943293A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-24

申请号：US761780

申请日：1996-12-06

申请人： John Luscombe ,  Robert M. Braham ,  Michael L. Maples

发明人： John Luscombe ,  Robert M. Braham ,  Michael L. Maples

IPC分类号： G01V1/20 ,  G01V1/38

CPC分类号： G01V1/201

摘要： A seismic marine streamer (10) including hydrophones (12) housed in elongate flexible tubes (11), a pair of load carrying rope members (25, 26), and a plurality of spacers (15) which substantially fill the internal cross-section of the tube (11), the internal void within the tube being filled by a liquid, the two rope carrying members (25, 26) interconnect end fittings (21, 22) located one at each end of a tube (11) and passing through each spacer (15) on diametrically opposite sides thereof.

摘要翻译： 包括容纳在细长柔性管（11）中的水听器（12），一对负载绳索构件（25,26）和多个间隔件（15）的地震海洋拖缆（10），其基本上填充内部横截面 （11）的管内的内部空隙被两个绳索承载构件（25,26）相互连接，所述两个绳索承载构件（25,26）将位于管（11）的每个端部处的一端的配件（21,22） 通过其直径相对侧的每个间隔件（15）。

公开(公告)号：US07382689B2

公开(公告)日：2008-06-03

申请号：US11161640

申请日：2005-08-10

申请人： Michael L. Maples ,  James Spackman ,  Curtis Woods Belknap ,  Paul Daniel Wentzler ,  Robert Eric Foertsch

发明人： Michael L. Maples ,  James Spackman ,  Curtis Woods Belknap ,  Paul Daniel Wentzler ,  Robert Eric Foertsch

IPC分类号： G01V1/20

CPC分类号： G01V1/201 ,  G01V1/186 ,  G01V2001/205

摘要： A hydrophone includes a body formed of a flexible, plastic material. The body includes a plurality of channels and each channel may have one or more wells. The wells are adapted to receive an active element which includes mounting hardware. The mounting hardware includes a soft, rubber grommet or other means which suspends the active element, thereby permitting the flexing of the body without introducing that motion to the active element.

摘要翻译： 水听器包括由柔性塑料材料形成的主体。 主体包括多个通道，每个通道可以具有一个或多个孔。 井适于接收包括安装硬件的有源元件。 安装硬件包括软的橡胶索环或其他悬挂有源元件的装置，从而允许主体的弯曲，而不向活动元件引入该运动。