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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107051 | Subsea Recovery of Swabbing Chemicals Apparatus and methods are described for subsea pipeline servicing, including dewatering and chemical containment. A subsea pipeline service skid has a containment bladder affixed to the skid and in fluid communication with a skid mounted pump dimensioned to pump fluid f... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110305115 | UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR An underwater wireless sensor is provided. The underwater wireless sensor comprises a floating-diving device enabling the underwater wireless sensor to dive to a first predetermined water depth in response to a predetermined condition; a sensing device converting a plur... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110242943 | Hydrophone and Hydrophone Assembly for Performing Stereophonic Underwater Sound Recordings A hydrophone for recording underwater sound includes a housing having an outer surface designed to serve as a boundary surface for an incident sound wave and at least one vibration sensor having a sensor surface for recording sound waves and for preparing a sensor signa... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110188350 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH DETERMINATION OF AN IMPULSE ACOUSTIC SOURCE A system and method for making an accurate estimate of the activation depth for an impulse acoustic source includes recording sounds produced by the activation of the underwater impulse acoustic source over a time period sufficient to capture reverberation, performing a... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20100329083 | SUBMARINE ANTENNA The invention relates to a submarine antenna to be attached to the hull of a submarine, said antenna comprising a planar converter arrangement (15) which extends along the hull (11) when attached and which has a reflector (21) and a plurality of ele... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100246321 | BALLISTIC-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER SYSTEM A ballistic-acoustic transducer system includes a processor and one or more acoustic sensors. The sensors are positioned in a body of water and are in communication with the processor. The system is configured such that acoustic energy generated by a non-explosive proje... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100172205 | Combined electromagnetic and seismic acquisition system and method A method for marine geophysical surveying according to one aspect of the invention includes towing at least one geophysical sensor streamer in a body of water. The streamer includes a plurality of spaced apart electromagnetic field receivers disposed at spaced apart loc... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100074048 | CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR SEISMIC CABLE AND STATIONS Container systems used in storage, deployment or retrieval of a seismic cable array comprise a container, at least two coiling elements attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage means for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, a number of ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100039900 | Volumetric displacement transducer for an underwater acoustic source A volumetric displacement transducer is provided for generating acoustic signals. The transducer housing incorporates at least one pair of opposed plates mounted for radial vibration. A driving mechanism is coupled to the opposed plates for driving the plates simultaneo... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039650 | Physical Value Sensor Comprising An Optical Fiber That Is Not Sensitive To Static Values The subject of the present invention is a dynamic sensor of physical quantities with optical waveguide with optically-pumped amplifier medium, which requires no interferometer or reference sensor and which makes it possible to obtain at least the same level of performan... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090235870 | AUTOMATED POSITIONING AND SUBMERSIBLE OPEN OCEAN PLATFORM An open-ocean fish-growing platform has a submersible cage structure for growing fish, an antenna for receiving positioning signals transmitted from an external source, a position-correction apparatus for calculating a position error signal from a target geostatic posit... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090201763 | Airborne Laser-Acoustic Mine Detection System A system and method is provided for using acoustical pulses generated from an airborne laser source to locate objects under water. An array of acoustic sensors, such as passive sonobuoys at the ocean surface, is deployed in known or determinable locations by aircraft. E... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090107388 | EXTERNAL RESCUE AND RECOVERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLES Methods and devices are provided for rescuing and recovering underwater vehicles. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes a modular rescue device configured to attach to an underwater vehicle, such as with a tow line. The rescue device can include one or m... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20080298177 | SUBMERSIBLE LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY A submersible loudspeaker assembly is provided. The loudspeaker assembly includes: a housing; a loudspeaker enclosed within the housing; an external diaphragm disposed adjacent to the loudspeaker. The external diaphragm is acoustically transparent when subject to ambien... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20060117874 | Integrated seismic sensor cable A seismic cable (110) and a method for producing a seismic cable are disclosed. The seismic cable (110) comprises a sensor module (130); at least one lead (210) to or from the sensor module (130); a stress member (225) extending... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20050157590 | Surface acoustic antenna for submarines The invention relates to surface acoustic antennas for submarines. It consists, in a known antenna, in replacing certain pressure sensors with velocity sensors in order to obtain cardioid directivity with a zero oriented toward the hull of the submarine. It allows the u... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050123161 | System for housing an audio system in an aquatic environment A submersible, waterproof enclosure for a portable audio device is disclosed. Also disclosed is a removable lid allowing for the inserting and removing of the device from the enclosure. The disclosure further provides a connector system and an audio communication link c... | 06/09/2005 |
