ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,864, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NTS AMEGA WEST USA INC (Houston).

"Clutch assembly and related systems and methods" was invented by Robert McCullough (Parkland County, Canada), Adam Well (Spring, Texas), Everett Hagar (Devon, Canada), Sean O'Neill (Tomball, Texas) and Harris Hurst (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Clutch assemblies and related systems are provided. In some embodiments, the system comprises the clutch assembly, a circulation assembly, and an actuation mechanism operatively connected to the clutch assembly and the circulation assembly. In some embodiments, the clutch assembly allows for selec...