Patent 7467672 was granted and assigned to Smith International on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An orienting apparatus including at least one housing element configured to couple with a drill string; an actuator disposed inside the at least one housing element; a nozzle coupled to the actuator; a torque generator coupled to the actuator and extending axially downward through the at least one housing, wherein the torque generator is configured to rotate in a first direction as it moves downward; a mandrel coupled to the torque generator; and a stroke adjuster at least partially disposed in an upper end of the mandrel, wherein rotation in the first direction is caused by an increase in differential pressure is disclosed.