US Patent Issued to FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS on April 15 for "Clutch apparatuses, systems and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,178, issued on April 15, was assigned to FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS LLC (Spring, Texas).

"Clutch apparatuses, systems and methods" was invented by Garrett S. Boyd (Granbury, Texas) and Mitchell A. Boyd (Haslet, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch mechanism that can be used in various tools and mechanisms for holding a movable shaft in one or more preferred positions includes a clutch ring that surrounds the shaft. An interior diameter of the clutch ring is configured to closely surround and grasp one or more holding portions of the shaft. The clutch ring is configured such that the clutch ring can elastically deform to allo...