ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,033, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NTS AMEGA WEST USA INC (Houston).
"Clutch assembly for a drill string and related methods" was invented by Robert McCullough (Parkland County, Canada), Everett Hagar (Devon, Canada) and Lisa Ying Pui Yung (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch assembly for use in a wellbore and connectable between a first and second drill string sections is provided. The clutch assembly includes a first assembly portion connectable to the first drill string section and a second assembly portion connectable to the second drill string section. The second assembly portion comprises a driveshaft....