Patent ID: 8640795

Claim:
A shock reduction tool for a downhole electronics package, comprising: an anchoring tail piece configured to be rotationally and axially fixed within a tubular, wherein upper and lower ends of the tubular are configured to connect to a drill string; an orienting sleeve comprising a female angular orientation feature; an oriented adapter rotationally fixed and axially movable with respect to the orienting sleeve, wherein the oriented adapter comprises a through bore and a male angular orientation feature adapted to the orienting sleeve; a universal bore hole orientation (UBHO) muleshoe disposed at an upper end of the oriented adapter and configured to rotationally and axially orient the downhole electronics package within the tubular; and a first spring disposed in an annular space between the oriented adapter and the orienting sleeve, wherein the spring is between a first shoulder that is axially fixed to the oriented adapter and a second shoulder that is axially fixed to the orienting sleeve, wherein one of the orienting sleeve and the orienting adapter is rotationally and axially fixed relative to the anchoring tail piece.