Patent ID: 11952895
Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A downhole motor for directional drilling, comprising:
a driveshaft assembly including a driveshaft housing and a driveshaft rotatably disposed within the driveshaft housing;
a bearing assembly including a bearing housing and a bearing mandrel rotatably disposed within the bearing housing, wherein the bearing mandrel is configured to couple with a drill bit;
a bend adjustment assembly configured to adjust a bend setting of the downhole motor;
a lock piston comprising an unlocked position, and a locked position configured to lock the bend setting of the bend adjustment assembly;
one or more hydraulic pumps configured to actuate the lock piston into the unlocked position to unlock the bend adjustment assembly; and
an electronics package configured to indicate the bend setting of the bend adjustment assembly.