ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,363, issued on March 24, was assigned to GR Energy Services Management LP (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Orientable weight bar for a downhole tool and method of using same" was invented by Cameron Michael Bryant (Sugar Land, Texas), James William Anthony (Missouri City, Texas) and Jeremy Quentin Logan (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orientable weight bar for a downhole tool includes a weight housing fixedly connectable to the downhole tool; an eccentric weight, and a weight lock. The eccentric weight is positioned in the weight housing. The eccentric weight has an offset mass along a radial portion thereof. The eccentric weigh...