US Patent Issued to Bright Fast International on June 24 for "System and method for orienting and anchoring downhole tools" (Canadian, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,730, issued on June 24, was assigned to Bright Fast International Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"System and method for orienting and anchoring downhole tools" was invented by Paul Kwong Shun Cheung (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Dingyu Guo (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for anchoring and orienting a tool at a targeted depth and recording its angular position comprises a casing assembly including coupling joints; a position pilot joint having an anchor sleeve, guide block and spline teeth, the guide block and spline teeth resiliently supported to retract into and extend out of the sleeve. The spline teeth are attached t...