US 11,940,582 B2
Seismic data acquisition unit apparatus and positioning systems and methods
Per Helge Semb, Gullaug (NO); Ivar Gimse, Lysaker (NO); Camille Isabelle Marie Lapierre, Stabekk (NO); and Asgeir Sunnanå, Bekkestua (NO)
Assigned to Magseis FF LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Magseis FF LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,334.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,501, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0405237 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G01V 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 1/3852 (2013.01) [G01V 1/3808 (2013.01); G01V 1/3835 (2013.01); G01V 1/3826 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1427 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seismic data acquisition positioning apparatus, comprising:
a seismic data acquisition unit comprising:
a case having an internal compartment; and
a power source, a clock, a seismic data recorder, a control unit, and at least one sensor disposed within the case;
a hanging unit comprising a beacon unit;
a first connector having a first end coupled with the seismic data acquisition unit and having a second end coupled with the hanging unit;
a second connector having a first end coupled with the seismic data acquisition unit and having a second end coupled with the hanging unit, wherein the first connector and the second connector are coupled with the seismic data acquisition unit along a longitudinal axis of the hanging unit, and wherein the first connector and the second connector have a rigidity greater than a rigidity of a retrieval unit;
the retrieval unit having an end coupled with the hanging unit, the retrieval unit comprising a balloon; and
a gas canister coupled with the balloon and configured to inflate the balloon.