| 发明名称 | Self-burying autonomous underwater vehicle and method for marine seismic surveys | ||
| 摘要 | An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for recording seismic signals during a marine seismic survey. The AUV includes a body having a base and sides; a propulsion system for guiding the AUV to a final target on the ocean bottom; a pump-jet connected to an inlet and plural base outlets, wherein the plural base outlets are distributed on the base; a processor connected to the pump-jet and configured to activate the pump-jet when the base in on the ocean bottom; and a seismic sensor configured to record seismic signals. The pump-jet has a first low speed so that water jets expelled at the plural base outlets fluidize the ocean bottom underneath the base and buries the AUV. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9457879(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.10.04 |
| 申请号 | US201314103216 | 申请日期 | 2013.12.11 |
| 申请人 | SEABED GEOSOLUTIONS B.V. | 发明人 | Brizard Thierry |
| 分类号 | B63G8/00;B63H19/08;B63H11/02;G01V1/16;G01V1/38 | 主分类号 | B63G8/00 |
| 代理机构 | Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP | 代理人 | Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP ;Nelson Shane A. |
| 主权项 | 1. An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for recording seismic signals during a marine seismic survey, the AUV comprising: a body having a base and sides; a propulsion system for guiding the AUV to a target on the ocean bottom; a pump-jet connected to an inlet and plural base outlets, wherein the plural base outlets are distributed on the base; a processor connected to the pump-jet and configured to activate the pump-jet when the base is on the ocean bottom; and a seismic sensor configured to record seismic signals while the AUV is buried in the ocean bottom, wherein the pump-jet has a first speed so that water jets expelled at the plural base outlets fluidize the ocean bottom underneath the base and buries the AUV. | ||
| 地址 | Leidschendam NL | ||