Patent ID: 9140813
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. A water submerged support assembly for supporting a seismic source assembly, the support assembly comprising: a head module; an actuator attached to the head module; a tail module; plural modules provided between the head module and the tail module, the plural modules having means for supporting a cable, wherein part of the plural modules are connected to each other to form a first branch and the remainder of the plural modules are connected to each other to form a second branch, each branch being connected between the head module and the tail module; and a cable system provided through the means for supporting of the plural modules and connected to the actuator for being wind up and unwind to change a distribution of the modules from an operational position to a stowed position, wherein the operational position is defined by the modules being distributed substantially in a round shape, and the stowed position is defined by the first branch and the second branch being substantially parallel to each other.