Patent ID: 11952082
Assignee: MOORING SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 16:
17. A system for deploying a transmitter to a water surface from a sub-surface location, the system comprising:
a main vessel having a main vessel housing;
a bellhousing having an open end and a sealed end, wherein the bellhousing is disposed within the main vessel housing;
means for payout-and-retrieval disposed within the bellhousing for deploying and retracting a length of jacketed wire rope connecting the bellhousing to a sub-surface attachment point, wherein the means for payout-and-retrieval comprises a data link between the bellhousing and one or more sub-surface sensors;
a surface transmitter operative to transmit electromagnetic signals and coupled to the main vessel housing by an electromechanical (EM) cable; and
a system controller operative to control the means for payout-and-retrieval to raise and lower the main vessel within the water column from a first position in which the surface transmitter is below the water surface to a second position in which the surface transmitter is at the water surface.