US Patent Issued to Boston Dynamics on June 23 for "Clutch with radial spring" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,046, issued on June 23, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Clutch with radial spring" was invented by Brian Todd Dellon (West Roxbury, Mass.), Adam Henry Borrell (Sudbury, Mass.) and Christopher Robert LeBrun (Groton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch assembly includes a first member for mechanically coupling to an output shaft. A first material is frictionally coupled to a first side surface of the first member. A second material is frictionally coupled to a second side surface of the first member. A compliant member is configured to apply an axial force on at least one of the first material and the ...