ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,483, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Dynomax Drilling Tools Inc. (Leduc, Canada).

"On-demand vibration tool for drilling applications" was invented by Hartley Randle (Parkland County, Canada), Brandon Jullion (Beaumont, Canada) and Joshua Gamble (Spruce Grove, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a downhole tool for use in a drill string including a friction-reducing vibration tool and a bypass control. The vibration tool includes a rotary driving device responsive to fluid flow in the drill string, a valve including a rotary component and a stationary component configured to rotate relative to each other to vary flow th...