Patent ID: 7855934
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G01V,G10K

Abstract:
1. A hydrophone deployment system, comprising: a) a hydrophone assembly, comprising: b) a container for enclosing the hydrophone assembly body in a coiled configuration; c) means for ejecting the hydrophone assembly from the container; d) a signal processing module for processing the electrical signals from the hydrophone units; and e) a transmitter module for converting said processed electrical signals and transmitting said converted signals to a remote receiver, wherein each hydrophone unit comprises a central wire of spring steel and a copper wire coiled around said central wire of spring steel, said copper wire being coated with a layer of polyvinylidene difluoride, and said hydrophone unit further comprising a layer of conductive silver ink deposited on the polyvinylidene difluoride-coated copper wire.