US 12,189,071 B2
Mobile docking device for seismic acquisition nodes and method
Cyrille Bernard, Saint-Philibert de Grand-Lieu (FR); Mathieu Sanche, Nort sur Erdre (FR); and Bertrand Tijou, Mauves sur loire (FR)
Assigned to SERCEL, Carquefou (FR)
Filed by SERCEL, Carquefou (FR)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,977.
Claims priority of application No. 2022/34007440 (IN), filed on Feb. 11, 2022; application No. 2022104032 (RU), filed on Feb. 16, 2022; and application No. 202220512915.0 (CN), filed on Mar. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258837 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01V 1/24 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 1/247 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile docking device configured to receive seismic acquisition units, the mobile docking device comprising:
a container having a front opening;
a docking module located within the container, the docking module having plural docking bays, each docking bay being configured to receive one of the seismic acquisition units through the front opening;
a removable front wall configured to be attached to the container to cover the front opening to secure the seismic acquisition units; and
handles attached to the container,
wherein the removable front wall biases the seismic acquisition units to maintain a direct electrical connection between tubular pins of the plural docking bays and pins of the seismic acquisition units during transport of the mobile docking device.