Patent ID: 7184364
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. A seismic cable having conductor sections interconnected with sensor sections, with non-interlaced steel wire armoring strands wound continuously over the entire length of the cable over all sensor sections and all conductor sections, where a conductor section includes at least one conductor with said steel wire strands wound about said conductor and said sensor sections include a sensor housing having a sensor mounted therein with said steel wire strands wound about said housing, with a conductor section cross-section diameter defined by a cross-section through said conductor section from one side of said steel wire strands to an opposite side, and with a sensor section cross-section diameter defined by a cross-section through said sensor section from one side of said steel wire strands to an opposite side, wherein said sensor section cross-sectional diameter is at least about four times as great as said conductor section cross-sectional diameter, wherein said steel wire armoring strands when wrapped about said conductor sections are applied with bends in the strands, and when wrapped about said sensor sections are applied with no bends in the strands.