Offshore Floating living premises,laboratory and submersible plankton pump tower pump and submersible aerated research manned actuated vehicle

Abstract

Offshore ocean floating platform with docking bay and upper deck with living premises with laboratory, three submersible plankton pumping towers pumping plankton from ocean water up to 120 deep, with piston with check valve moved within cylinder by double acting telescopic actuator with manned and aerated research submersible vehicle pushed by telescopic double acting actuator from above water lever to ocean floor, with telescopic dual air supply tubes providing atmospheric pressure air from above sea level, with safety return springs Docking bay, hull and Plankton pools made with multiple steel barrels welded to each other arranged in multiple layers. with air blower and default return helical springs, video cameras and water depth gauge. Said towers bottom-end securing to seabed with heavy cement poles with embedded cylinder and piston moving into seabed dirt under ocean water high pressure connected thru holes and with augmented self-drilling plungers with threading helical motion action.

Claims

A. Offshore ocean floating living premises with laboratory, multiple plankton pumping towers and with submersible tower with telescopic double acting actuator and with telescopic dual air supply tubes with return springs connecting to manned research submersible vehicle moving down from ocean water level and reaching down to ocean floor up to 120 depth and back up, with said towers connecting means to seabed, comprising: 1. living premises and laboratory mounted over floating docking hull, comprising: a. Floating bay with docking moorings comprising multiple empty and sealed steel barrels welded to each other with adapters on top and bottom side and arranged in multiple layers mounted above said initial layer secured to adjacent layer with welded adaptors, thereby said barrels provide the buoyancy force for above hull, docking bay, living premises and laboratory and b. Pumped water with plankton pools located on said bay surrounded with barrels, thereby proviing pool for collecting plankton from ocean floor pump tower and c. Ocean water ballast within multiple said barrels thereby controlling the depth of submerged barge in ocean water and d. laboratory and multiple living premises mounted above said barrel bay, whereby said living premises provide for long-term accommodation for researchers, and said laboratory provide means to analyze ocean deep water research data continuously including pH, water temperature, chemical analysis, and biological analysis of plankton pumped from ocean floor vide with video camera output recorded continuously, and 2. multiple Plankton pumping tower comprising: a. Long submersible tower extending from above ocean water level to ocean floor up to 120 feet depth constructed with multiple segments bolted to each other, each segment consists of beam truss sections structured together with lateral steel beams, thereby said tower extended and secured to ocean floor seabed up to 120 feet water depth, and also attached above water level floating to barrel bay with cables, thereby constructing stable construction tower submerged in ocean water, and b. multiple cylinder segments bolted to each other with radial resilient seals between them, thereby creating high pressure boundary long submersible cylinder extending from above sea water level to up to 120 feet water depth, and c. submersible double-acting telescopic high pressure actuator firmly attached to bracket at tower topside of said tall construction pump tower, extending from above water level to 120 feet deep with actuator end bolted to a moving piston within said cylinder, thereby said actuator is moving piston with radial seal engaging said cylinder and creating pressure boundary and d. said moving piston has through hole for water flow with check valve disc that swings open when piston moved downwards, thereby ocean water with plankton flow upwards from ocean floor through said piston and check valve up to above water level and e. a flanged round bar bolted to said cylinder lower segment with flow hole and check valve with disc that swings open allowing water and plankton flowing from the ocean floor up when said piston moves upwards thereby filling said cylinder tube with water and plankton when piston moves up and water continue flowing through piston when piston moves down and f. T-end fitting with lateral outlet connected to lateral pipe which has T-fitting connected to vertical pipe, thereby water with plankton flow is directed from said cylinder segments out into on bay floating water pools located within said barrel bay and 3. A submersible tower with submersible sealed and aerated research vehicle moving from water level into deep water up to 120 feet by double-acting telescopic high-pressure actuator and aerated with two air supply telescopic atmospheric air tubes with internal return extension type helical spring comprising: g. Long submersible tower extending from above ocean water level to ocean floor up to 120 feet depth constructed with multiple segments bolted to each other, each segment consists of beam truss sections structured together with lateral steel beams, thereby said tower extended and secured to ocean floor seabed up to 120 feet water depth, and also attached above water level floating to barrel bay with cables, thereby constructing stable construction tower submerged in ocean water, and h. submersible double-acting telescopic high pressure actuator firmly attached to the center line of said tall construction tower extending from above water level to 120 feet deep with actuator end securely connected to the top of a moving submersible manned vehicle, thereby said actuator is moving said vehicle from above water level down to ocean floor up to 120 feet depth and back to above water level and i. said submersible manned vehicle has two thru holes for continuous aeration from above water with additional air supply blower at atmospheric pressure, each guiding a safety return extension helical spring thereby said submersible vehicle is aerated continuously from above water under continuous pressure control, and either one of two springs provides fail-safe return to above water in case of actuator failure, and 4. Tower bottom-end securing to seabed comprising multiple self-penetration and self-drilling hard metallic plunger powered by high water pressure cylinder and piston assembly, each comprising: a. heavy cement-molded large diameter long cylinders with conical downward end and b. long metallic cylinder with large diameter long bore with smooth surface on top side, with radial thru holes into said bore on the topside, and with concentric smaller diameter bore with long high pitch threaded bore on the bottom side of said cylinder, thereby said through holes connecting ocean water pressure into said inner cylinder bore topside, and c. large diameter movable piston with radial resilient seal sliding along said cylinder top side smooth bore with significantly smaller diameter threaded shaft threaded into said bottom thread bore of said cylinder, thereby said high water pressure in the top cylinder bore pushes said piston down creating high-pitch thread helical motion, and d. said piston shaft extended lower side shank consisted of long threaded shank plunger with self-drilling downward hardened metallic, thereby creating helical drilling motion of self-drilling shank end into seabed dirt when piston head sliding within said cylinder under water pressure force on piston and self-drilling shank, securing said self- penetration and self-drilling plunger deep inside for strong support to the seabed, and e. threading motion penetrating ocean floor dirt and 5. multiple high-pressure resistant video cameras attached to said moving submersible vehicle providing continuous video picture to TV screens in said living premises and 6. water depth gage attached to said submersible vehicle comprising: a. a cylinder with smoothly machined bore and with thru radial holes located on topside of cylinder thereby allowing ocean high pressure water into said cylinder and b. A piston sliding within said cylinder having radical groove on piston upper side and c. A seal located in said radical groove in the piston with radial groove on upper side of said cylinder thereby allowing high water pressure between cylinder and piston top and with return spring below said piston opposing said water pressure force d. Submersible LVDT center core attached to said piston shaft and LVDT housing coil assembly attached to said cylinder bottom side thereby when piston moves relative to cylinder, LVDT output changes and recorded in premise laboratory.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0101] FIG. 1 presents an offshore floating platform with living premises, a laboratory, Plankton pools, three Plankton pumping towers and a vehicle tower

[0102] FIG. 1A presents four offshore floating platforms with a fishery and a center island

[0103] FIG. 1B presents detailed view of offshore floating platform with an upper deck, with three Plankton pumping towers and one vehicle tower secured to seabed and a fishery.

[0104] FIG. 1C presents an offshore floating platform with ocean water and seabed dirt.

[0105] FIG. 2 presents a docking bay with a hull in its center.

[0106] FIG. 2A presents an offshore floating platform with living premises, a laboratory, multiple Plankton pools, three Plankton pumping towers, a vehicle tower and a control tower.

[0107] FIG. 2B presents a docking bay with an upper deck with living premises, laboratory, three Plankton pump towers and a vehicle tower

[0108] FIG. 3 presents an upper deck with living premises, a control tower and a slide.

[0109] FIG. 3A presents an upper deck viewed from below with living premises and a control tower.

[0110] FIG. 3B presents a docking bay with a Plankton pool with a vehicle tower and a bay slide.

[0111] FIG. 3C presents a steel barrel.

[0112] FIG. 4 presents a Plankton pumping tower with a telescopic actuator, multiple segment cylinder and a moving piston.

[0113] FIG. 4A presents a tower segment connected to cement poles and to self-drilling plungers

[0114] FIG. 4B presents a Plankton pumping tower with a T-fitting, a horizontal and vertical outlet pipes

[0115] FIG. 5 presents a moving piston with a flow thru check valve

[0116] FIG. 5A presents moving piston

[0117] FIG. 6 presents a vehicle tower

[0118] FIG. 6A presents a research vehicle and a vehicle tower at ocean floor

[0119] FIG. 6B presents topside vehicle tower segments with an actuator, and two telescopic air tubes with return springs

[0120] FIG. 6C presents a vehicle tower secured to seabed and a research vehicle

[0121] FIG. 6D presents a top view of a vehicle tower with seabed connection by cement poles and self-drilling plungers

[0122] FIG. 7 presents a research vehicle with a double acting telescopic actuator, two air tubes and two return springs

[0123] FIG. 7A presents a research vehicle, a double acting actuator with two helical return springs guided within two air tubes

[0124] FIG. 8 presents a vehicle tower topside with two telescopic air tubes

[0125] FIG. 8A presents tower connection to seabed with cement poles and self-drilling shanks with cylinder covers removed

[0126] FIG. 9 presents a tower connected to seabed with multiple self-drilling plungers

[0127] FIG. 9A presents tower connection to seabed with multiple self-drilling shanks with cylinder covers removed

[0128] FIG. 10 presents cross sectional view of an ocean water depth gage

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0129]

TABLE-US-00001 FIG. FIG. NO SHEET NUMBER NUMBER REMARKS 1 13, 97, 98, 52, 99 1.sup. 2 11, 92, 97 1A 3 97, 11 1B 4 97, 12, 99 1C 5 27, 32, 32, 31 2.sup. 6 16, 15, 18, 48 49, 50, 95 2A 7 98, 52, 95, 99 2B 8 16, 17, 26, 36, 93, 95 3.sup. 9 17, 26, 28, 93, 95 3A 10 15, 19, 26, 34, 36, 51, 95 3B 11 15 3C 12 19, 37, 38, 41, 42, 44, 94, 96 4.sup. 13 34, 56, 68, 69, 70, 71, 4A 72, 74, 77, 78 14 34, 48, 49, 50, 98 4B 15 41, 42, 43, 44, 47 5.sup. 16 43, 44, 45 5A 17 34, 51, 52, 53, 54, 68 6.sup. 18 52, 56, 57, 58, 61, 79 6A 19 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 6B 20 51,52, 55, 63,64, 68, 6C 69, 70, 76 21 62, 64, 67, 68, 72, 6D 76, 77, 78 22 35, 52, 53, 54, 55, 79, 7.sup. 23 52, 53, 54, 55 7A 24 51, 53, 54, 55, 55, 56 8.sup. 25 68, 69, 70, 74, 77, 78 8A 26 65, 67, 68, 78 9.sup. 27 73, 74, 77, 78 9A 28 80, 81, 82, 63, 83, 10.sup. 84, 85, 86, 87, 88

TABLE-US-00002 LIST OF NUMERAL REFERENCES fishery 11 FIG. 1A, 1B ocean water 12 FIG. 1C docking bay 13 FIG. 1 steel barrel 15 FIG. 2A, 3B, 3C living premises 16 FIG. 2A, 3 laboratory 17 FIG. 3, 3A Plankton pumping tower 18 FIG. 2A telescopic double acting actuator 19 FIG. 3B, 4 water ballast 26 FIG. 3, 3A, 3B hull 27 FIG. 2 hull cavity 28 FIG. 3A Plankton pool 31 FIG. 2 fish pool 32 FIG. 2 tower bolted segment 34 FIG. 3B, 4A, 4B, 6 bracket vehicle tower actuator 35 FIG. 7 bay slide 36 FIG. 3, 3B cylinder bolted segment 37 FIG. 4 radial cylinder seal 38 FIG. 4 actuator-end connected to piston 41 FIG. 4, 5 piston, moving 42 FIG. 4, 5 piston with radial seal 43 FIG. 5, 5A piston flow thru hole 44 FIG. 4, 5, 5A check valve pivot disc pin 45 FIG. 5A pump check valve disc 47 FIG. 5 pump T-end fitting lateral outlet 48 FIG. 2A, 4B pump T-end fitting lateral pipe 49 FIG. 2A, 4B pump T-end fitting vertical-pipe 50 FIG. 2A, 4B Vehicle tower 51 FIG. 3B, 6, 6C, 8 manned research vehicle 52 FIG. 1, 2B, 6, 6A, 6C, 7, 7A double-acting telescopic vehicle 53 FIG. 6, 6B, 7A, 8 actuator air supply telescopic tubes to vehicle 54 FIG. 6, 6B, 7, 7A, 8 return extension type helical spring 55 FIG. 6B, 6C, 7, 7A, 8 tower segment 56 FIG. 4A, 6A, 6B, 8 tower section truss 57 FIG. 3B, 6A, 6B tower lateral beam 58 FIG. 6A, 6B vehicle top thru air holes 61 FIG. 6A cover embedded cylinder screws 62 FIG. 6D tower bottom-end segment 63 FIG. 6C vehicle glass windows 64 FIG. 6C, 6D Inlet pipe, pump 65 FIG. 9 cement pole adaptor 67 FIG. 6D, 9 cement molded cylindrical pole 68 FIG. 4A, 6, 6C, 6D, 8A, 9 cement -molded conical end 69 FIG. 4A, 60, 8A embedded cylinder 70 FIG. 4A, 6C, 8A embedded cylinder small diameter bore 71 FIG. 4A cover, embedded cylinder 72 FIG. 4A, 6D topside embedded cylinder bore 73 FIG. 9A embedded Piston 74 FIG. 4A, 8A, 9A holes in embedded cylinder 76 FIG. 60, 6D plunger self-drilling end 77 FIG. 4A, 6D, 8A, 9A plunger Piston threaded shaft 78 FIG. 4A, 6D, 8A, 9, 9A video camera 79 FIG. 6A, 7 water depth gauge 80 FIG. 10 water depth gauge cylinder 81 FIG. 10 water depth gauge cylinder bore 82 FIG. 10 water depth gauge helical spring 83 FIG. 10 water depth gauge cylinder radial hole 84 FIG. 10 water depth gauge piston 85 FIG. 10 water depth gauge piston shaft 86 FIG. 10 water depth gauge LVDT center core 87 FIG. 10 Water depth gauge LVDT housing 88 FIG. 10 transformer assembly center island bay 92 FIG. 1A control tower 93 FIG. 3 bottom check valve 94 FIG. 4 upper deck 95 FIG. 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B top bracket 96 FIG. 4 platform 97 FIG. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C Plankton pump tower 98 FIG. 1, 4B seabed dirt 99 FIG. 1, 1C, 2B

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0130] FIG. 1 presents an offshore floating platform 97 with living premises 16, a laboratory 17, Plankton pools 31, three Plankton pumping towers 18 and a vehicle tower 51.

[0131] A floating fishery 11 with multiple large ring-tubes, a large docking bay 13 for boats with multiple Plankton pools 31. An upper deck 95 is built above hull constructed of multiple layers of high buoyancy barrels welded to each other, including living premises 16 with a laboratory 17. Three Plankton pumping towers 18 and a research vehicle tower 51 equipped with a telescopic double acting actuator 53, and two air telescopic tubes 54 with two return springs 55 connecting to a submersible vehicle 52 moving down from above ocean water level and reaching down to ocean floor up to 120 depth. FIG. 1A presents four offshore floating platforms 97 with a fishery 11 and a center island bay 92

[0132] FIG. 1B presents detailed view of an offshore floating platform 97 with an upper deck, with three Plankton pumping towers 18 and one vehicle tower 51 secured to seabed dirt 99 and a fishery 11.

[0133] FIG. 1C presents an offshore floating platform 97 with ocean water 12 and seabed dirt 99 showing three Plankton pumping towers 18 and a vehicle tower 51 extending from above water level and secured to seabed dirt 99 at the ocean floor.

[0134] FIG. 2 presents a docking bay 13 with a hull 15 at its center. Hundreds of steel sealed and empty barrels are arranged in multiple layers one on top of the other and welded together with supporting brackets. The docking bay and hull provide the buoyancy force for upper deck with living premises, laboratory and control tower.

[0135] FIG. 2A presents an offshore floating platform 97 with living premises 16, a laboratory 17, multiple Plankton pools 31, three Plankton pumping towers 18, a vehicle tower 51and a control tower 93.

[0136] FIG. 2B presents a docking bay 13 with an upper deck 95 with living premises 16, laboratory 17, three Plankton pump towers 18 and a vehicle tower 51

[0137] FIG. 3 presents an upper deck 95 with living premises 16, a control tower 93 and a bay slide 36.

[0138] Ocean water ballast 26 within multiple barrels of the hull 27 thereby ballast added internal water weight controlling the floating height above water level of said docking bay 3 in ocean water.

[0139] FIG. 3A presents an upper deck 95 viewed from below with living premises 16 and a control tower 93. A laboratory 17 and multiple living premises 16 mounted above upper deck 95 over hull 27 multiple-barrel layers and said docking bay 13, whereby said living premises with glass windows 32 and food storage containers provide for long-term accommodation for researchers. The laboratory 17 provide means to analyze ocean deep water research data continuously including pH, water temperature, chemical analysis, and biological analysis of plankton pumped from research submersible vehicle from ocean floor. Video screens are presenting continuous video cameras' output recorded from the submersible manned and aerated vehicle 52 camera 79 attached to glass windows 64 internally.

[0140] FIG. 3B presents a docking bay 13 with a Plankton pool 31 with a vehicle tower 51and a bay slide 36. FIG. 3C presents a steel barrel.

[0141] FIG. 3C presents a steel barrel 15 which is sealed and empty to maximize buoyancy. Hundreds of barrels in vertical position are welded together and organized in layers one on top of the other to provide strong reliable buoyancy to the platform 97. Some of the barrels are filled with ocean water as ballast for the stability of the floating unit.

[0142] FIG. 4 presents a Plankton pumping tower 18 with a telescopic double acting telescopic actuator 53, multiple cylinder segment 37 and a moving piston 42. The submersible Plankton pumping tower 18 extending from above ocean water level to ocean floor up to 120 feet depth constructed with multiple tower segments 34 bolted to each other, each segment consists of beam truss sections 57 structured together with lateral steel beams 58, wherein the tower extended and secured to ocean floor seabed dirt 99 up to 120 feet water depth, inserted through hole in docking bay 13 and attached above water level to barrel bay with cables, thereby constructing stable construction tower submerged in ocean water. Multiple cylinder segments 34 bolted to each other with radial resilient seals 38 between them, thereby creating high pressure boundary long submersible cylinder extending from above sea water level up to 120 feet water depth.

[0143] Double-acting telescopic actuator 53 firmly attached to the top center bracket 96 of the Plankton pumping tower 18 extending from above water level down to 120 feet deep with actuator end 41 bolted to a moving piston 42 within said cylinder 37, thereby said actuator is moving piston with radial seal 43 engaging said cylinder and creating pressure boundary.

[0144] FIG. 4A presents a tower segment 56 connected to cement poles 68 and to self-drilling plungers 77. Cement cylindrical poles 68, with embedded metallic cylinder 70 and sliding embedded piston 74 are covered with bolted covers 72.

[0145] FIG. 4B presents a Plankton pumping tower 18, with a T-fitting 48, a horizontal pipe 49 and vertical outlet pipe 50.

[0146] FIG. 5 presents a moving piston 42 with a flow thru check valve disc 47. The moving piston has through hole 44 for large Plankton and water flow with check valve disc 47 with lateral pivot disc pin that swings open when piston 42 moved downwards, thereby ocean water with plankton flow upwards thru check valve thru hole 44 from ocean floor upwards through the cylinder bolted segments 37 to outlet vertical pipe 50 flowing to Plankton pools 31.

[0147] A bottom check valve 94 with bolted flange to the cylinder lower segment 37 with large thru flow hole and check valve with disc 47 that swings open allowing water and plankton flowing from the ocean floor up when said piston 42 moves upwards thereby filling said cylinder tube 37 with water and plankton under piston 42 when piston moves up wherein water continue flowing up through piston to outlet vertical pipe 50 when piston moves down.

[0148] A T- end fitting with lateral outlet 48 connected to lateral pipe 49 which has T-fitting connected to a vertical pipe 50, thereby water with plankton flow is directed from multiple cylinder segments out into Plankton pools 31

[0149] FIG. 5A presents a moving piston 42.

[0150] FIG. 6 presents a vehicle tower 51 extending from above water level and down to sea floor at 120 feet depth with cemented cylindrical poles 68 and metallic embedded cylinders 70 and self-drilling plungers 76 penetrating into the seabed dirt 99 in helical thread-in motion under high water pressure acting on embedded piston 74 topside.

[0151] FIG. 6A presents a manned and aerated research vehicle 52 and a submersible vehicle tower 51 at ocean floor.

[0152] A submersible vehicle tower 51 with submersible aerated and manned research vehicle 52 moving from water level to ocean floor up to 120 feet deep by submersible double-acting telescopic actuator 53 and aerated with two telescopic air tubes supplying air at atmospheric pressure from air blower located above water level through two holes in vehicle top. Two helical extension type return helical springs 55 guided within the telescopic air tubes connected to vehicle 52 top on lower side and to vehicle tower topside bracket assures vehicle going up to above water level in case of actuator malfunction. A long submersible vehicle tower 51 extending from above ocean water level to ocean floor up to 120 feet depth constructed with multiple tower segments 56 bolted to each other, each segment consists of beam truss sections 57 structured together with lateral steel beams 58, thereby said tower secured to ocean floor seabed and also pass through hole in docking bay 13 and attached to the docking bay with cables 59 above water level, thereby constructing stable construction tower submerged in ocean water.

[0153] FIG. 6B presents vehicle tower 51 segments 56 with a double acting telescopic actuator 53, and two telescopic air tubes 54 with two helical return springs 55

[0154] FIG. 6C presents a vehicle tower 51 secured to seabed dirt 99 and a research manned and aerated vehicle 52.

[0155] FIG. 6D presents a top view of a vehicle tower 51 with seabed dirt 99 connection by cement poles 68 and self-drilling plungers 76

[0156] FIG. 7 presents a research manned and aerated vehicle 52 with a double acting telescopic actuator 53, two air tubes 54 and two helical return springs 55.

[0157] The submersible double-acting telescopic high pressure actuator 53 firmly attached to the top bracket 35 of said construction tower extending from above water level to 120 feet deep with actuator end securely connected to the top of a moving submersible manned aerated vehicle 52,

[0158] FIG. 7A presents a manned and aerated research vehicle 52, a double acting actuator 53 with two helical return springs 55 guided within two air tubes 54 inner diameter

[0159] FIG. 8 presents a vehicle tower 51 with two telescopic air tubes 54

[0160] The submersible manned and aerated research vehicle 52 has two top thru air holes 61 for continuous aeration at atmospheric pressure from above water level air blower through telescopic air tubes 54 Each of the air tubes inner diameter is guiding a safety return to above water level by extension helical spring 55, thereby said submersible vehicle is aerated continuously from above water and all the way to ocean floor at 120 feet deep under continuous atmospheric pressure, and either one of two springs provides fail-safe return to above water in case of actuator failure.

[0161] FIG. 8A presents a tower connection to seabed dirt 99 with cement poles 68 and self-drilling shanks 76 with cylinder covers 72 removed. including metallic embedded cylinders 70 with embedded pistons 74 with top sealing covers 72 for the embedded cylinders and with self-drilling shanks 77 pushed into the seabed dirt 99 in thread-in helical motion under high ocean water pressure above said sliding embedded pistons top with water connection thru holes 76 in embedded cylinders 70 topside.

[0162] FIG. 9 presents a tower bottom end segment 63 secured to seabed dirt 99 with multiple self-drilling plungers 77. Tower bottom-end segment 63 securing to seabed dirt 99 comprising multiple self-drilling plunger 77 powered by high ocean water pressure in topside of embedded cylinder 70 connected thru holes 76 acting on top of embedded cylinder thereby pushing embedded piston 74 with threaded piston shaft 78 downward into and seabed dirt 99 in helical thread-in motion. Heavy cement-molded large diameter cylindrical cement poles 68 with conical downward end 69. Embedded metallic cylinders 66 with large diameter and long bore with smooth surface on top side, with radial thru holes 76 into said bore on the topside, with cylinder top bolted covers 72 and with concentric smaller diameter cylinder bore 71 threaded with high pitch threaded multiple video cameras 79 attached internally to the glass windows 64 of the submersible manned and aerated research vehicle 52 continuously recording views Plankton of fish and seafood swimming around the vehicle, providing continuous video picture to TV screens in said living premises 16.

[0163] FIG. 9A presents a bottom-end tower segment 63 attachment to seabed dirt 99 with multiple self-drilling shanks 77 with cylinder covers 72 removed

[0164] FIG. 10 presents cross sectional view of an ocean water depth gage. Water depth gage 80 attached to said submersible vehicle 52 comprising: A water depth gage cylinder 81 with smoothly machined cylinder bore 82 and equipped with thru radial holes 83 located on topside of cylinder 81 thereby allowing ocean high pressure water into said cylinder. A water depth gage piston 84 sliding within said cylinder having radical groove with resilient seal 85 on piston upper side, thereby sealing high water pressure between cylinder and piston top and with return gage helical spring 83 guided around the piston shaft 86 opposing said water pressure force. When the vehicle 52 moves down toward ocean floor, external ocean pressure increases linearly with the depth of the vehicle, thus applying larger force on gage piston 84 that travels downwards deflecting the helical spring until the pressure force equals the spring opposing force. Submersible Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) center core 87 firmly attached to piston shaft 86, and LVDT housing transformer assembly 88 attached to said cylinder 81 bottom side 89 thereby when piston moves relative to cylinder, LVDT output changes and recorded in premise laboratory, thereby LVDT output is linear with water depth of submersible manned and aerated research vehicle 52 location and it provides accurate measurement of its water depth location in the ocean measured from water level.