ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,550, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Universiteit Gent (Ghent, Belgium).
"Overload clutch with joint torque and disengagement sensing" was invented by Frederik Leopold A Ostyn (Oeselgem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overload clutch comprising an input flange and an output flange, said clutch being configured to transmit torque between the input flange and the output flange and to disengage the clutch when the torque exceeds a predetermined threshold, characterised in, that the clutch comprises one or more sensing means at least partially integrated in at least one of the input and output flanges, and that the one or m...