Patent ID: 8371771
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. An anchor pile apparatus for placement in subsea soil, the anchor pile apparatus comprising: a tubular member having an interior passageway, said tubular member having an upper end and a lower end, said tubular member having a longitudinal axis; a support structure fixedly mounted to and non-releasable from said upper end of said tubular member; a shaft rotatably mounted to and non-translatably extending from said support structure, said shaft extending along said longitudinal axis of said tubular member; and an auger positioned entirely within said interior passageway of said tubular member, said auger connected to said shaft at a fixed position along said longitudinal axis of said tubular member at a position longitudinally inward from said lower end of said tubular member, said auger being rotatable by a rotation of said shaft so as to draw said tubular member into the subsea soil such that the subsea soil is compacted within said interior passageway, said auger having a pointed end.