Patent ID: 8857360
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B63B,G01V

Abstract:
1. A control device ( 10 ) for controlling the position of an instrumented cable towed in water, and/or a towed instrumented cable array with the possibility to control the individual instrumented cables, both in shape and position, in relation to other instrumented cables and by that counteract cross currents and/or other dynamic forces which affect a towed array behind a seismic survey vessel, which control device ( 10 ) includes a main body ( 12 ) having a first end and a second end, and a connector ( 14 a - b located at said first and second ends, provided with a device ( 14 a - b for wherein said connector ( 14 a - b ) provides mechanical and electrical connection of the control device ( 10 ) in series between two adjacent sections of an instrumented cable, wherein the control device includes at least two wings ( 11 ) formed by a wing part ( 20 ) and a fastening part ( 30 ), which are connected mutually by a shaft ( 24 ), wherein at least one battery ( said fastening part ( said main body ( wherein the recesses (