US Patent Issued to CHD Holdings on April 22 for "Clutch assembly for a rotary machine gun" (Tennessee, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,867, issued on April 22, was assigned to CHD Holdings LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Clutch assembly for a rotary machine gun" was invented by Kristopher Lee Paulson (Hendersonville, Tenn.) and Matthew Steinhauser (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch assembly for a rotary machine gun includes a drive sleeve mountable to the gun, a clutch gear slidably and rotatably mounted on the sleeve, a clutch housing on the sleeve, a shifter in the housing, and a solenoid assembly secured to the housing. The clutch gear is configured to engage and rotate with the sleeve. A plunger on the sleeve urges the clutch gear away from engagement...