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Title: Horizontal geophone transducer assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6390539

The geophone transducer comprises in combination: a geophone capable of detecting horizontal seismic waves, and a rigid casing having a gimbal chamber. A gimbal is provided inside the chamber on which the geophone is mounted for limited free angular movement in one direction only. The gimbal includes in one preferred embodiment a viscous liquid in which the geophone is only partially submerged while it is supported by a U-shaped bracket which is mounted for rotation about a fixed axis.

Assignee:
Oyo Corporation, USA
Patent Number(s):
US 4525819
OSTI ID:
6390539
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 6 Dec 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-447095
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English