US Patent Issued to Oregon State University on Jan. 20 for "Clutch assemblies and associated methods" (Massachusetts, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,399, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Clutch assemblies and associated methods" was invented by Nicholas Patrick Bira (Cambridge, Mass.), Joseph Ryan Davidson (Corvallis, Ore.) and Pallavi Dhagat (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Clutch assemblies and associated methods are disclosed herein. In an example, a clutch assembly comprise a first terminal, a second terminal, a clutch body enclosing a torque transfer fluid, and one or more electropermanent magnets (EPMs), each configured to generate a respective EPM magnetic field. The clutch assembly is configured to transmit a to...