JP7796295B2 - トリプレット音響リングアセンブリ及び入れ子式アレイ - Google Patents
トリプレット音響リングアセンブリ及び入れ子式アレイInfo
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
- G10K11/004—Mounting transducers, e.g. provided with mechanical moving or orienting device
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
- G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
- G01V1/16—Receiving elements for seismic signals; Arrangements or adaptations of receiving elements
- G01V1/18—Receiving elements, e.g. seismometer, geophone or torque detectors, for localised single point measurements
- G01V1/186—Hydrophones
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
- G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
- G01V1/16—Receiving elements for seismic signals; Arrangements or adaptations of receiving elements
- G01V1/20—Arrangements of receiving elements, e.g. geophone pattern
- G01V1/201—Constructional details of seismic cables, e.g. streamers
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
- G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting
- G01V1/38—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for water-covered areas
- G01V1/3843—Deployment of seismic devices, e.g. of streamers
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
- G10K11/004—Mounting transducers, e.g. provided with mechanical moving or orienting device
- G10K11/006—Transducer mounting in underwater equipment, e.g. sonobuoys
- G10K11/008—Arrays of transducers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B22/00—Buoys
- B63B22/003—Buoys adapted for being launched from an aircraft or water vehicle;, e.g. with brakes deployed in the water
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Description
Claims (14)
- リングと、
前記リングの円周の周りに等間隔を置いて前記リングに取り付けられたハイドロホンと、を含む、
ハイドロホンアセンブリであって、
前記リングが、前記ハイドロホンを受容するブラケットを分離するリングセグメントを含み、
前記リングセグメントが、前記ハイドロホンのそれぞれに結合される当該ハイドロホンアセンブリのケーブルを受け入れるためのギャップを前記リングセグメント間に画定する、
ハイドロホンアセンブリ。 - 前記ハイドロホンアセンブリが、前記リングの周りに円周方向に間隔を置いてトリプレットアレイを形成する3つのハイドロホンを含む、請求項1に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- リングアセンブリが、動作可能なように一緒に結合された追加のリングアセンブリを含むアレイパックの一部である、請求項1に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記アレイパックの前記リングアセンブリが、配備前、入れ子構成で格納される、請求項3に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記リングアセンブリ間に延在するケーブルが、前記リングアセンブリが前記入れ子構成にあるとき、前記リングアセンブリのリングの半径方向内側にある、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記ケーブルが、前記リングアセンブリが前記入れ子構成にあるとき、前記アレイパックのフラッド領域にあり、前記フラッド領域は前記リングアセンブリの前記リングによって画定される、請求項5に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記リングアセンブリの隣接が、前記隣接するリングアセンブリの第1のリングアセンブリのハイドロホンが前記隣接するリングアセンブリの第2のリングアセンブリのリングと半径方向に重なり合うように積層され、前記第1のリングアセンブリの前記ハイドロホンは、前記第2のリングアセンブリのハイドロホンから円周方向にオフセットされている、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記リングアセンブリが螺旋アレイに積層される、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記リングアセンブリのいくつかの隣接する対の間に非音響センサアセンブリをさらに含む、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記非音響センサアセンブリがそれぞれ、1つ以上の非音響センサを含む、請求項9に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記リングアセンブリが、トリプレットリングアセンブリであり、それぞれが3つの音響センサを備える、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記リングアセンブリが、ケーブルによって互いに結合される、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- 前記ケーブルの長さが少なくとも3m(10フィート)であり、前記リングアセンブリが配備時に少なくとも3m(10フィート)分離される、請求項12に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
- キャニスタをさらに含み、前記キャニスタには、配備前、及び部分的に配備中、前記アレイパックが存在する、請求項4に記載のハイドロホンアセンブリ。
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