Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Towable submersible device
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Application No.: US16330669Application Date: 2018-08-28
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Publication No.: US11333756B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Janis Nams , Dan Cunningham , Paul Yeatman , Bruce A. Armstrong
- Applicant: GEOSPECTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Dartmouth
- Assignee: GEOSPECTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Current Assignee: GEOSPECTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Dartmouth
- Agency: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
- International Application: PCT/CA2018/051034 WO 20180828
- International Announcement: WO2019/041031 WO 20190307
- Main IPC: G01S15/42
- IPC: G01S15/42 ; B63B21/66 ; G01S7/521 ; G01V1/38

Abstract:
A stable towable submersible device includes a rigid body that is towed at a positive pitch angle relative to the device's direction of motion. An acoustic projector housing extends vertically from the rigid body. When the rigid body rolls about its roll axis, which is tilted at the positive pitch angle, the acoustic projector rolls about the roll axis changing the acoustic projector's angle of attack relative to the direction of motion and generates a restoring force causing the acoustic projector to rotate back to a generally vertical orientation.
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