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Over-the-stern deep digging trenching plow with instrumentation for assessing the protective capabilities of a seabed trench

  • US 9,657,455 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2015
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. For use in assessing the protective capabilities of a seabed trench, a method comprising the steps of:

  • generating a threshold signal indicative of a desired composition of seabed-trench soil for a specific application;

    pulling a trenching plow having a plow share with a soil-analyzing tip along an intended trench path in the seabed;

    generating a real-time data signal in response to the composition of the soil analyzed by the soil-analyzing tip along the intended trench path; and

    comparing the real-time data signal to the threshold signal to produce an alarm signal when the real-time data signal is not compliant with the threshold signal.

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