ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,659, issued on May 19, was assigned to Rugged Race Products Inc. (Arroyo Grande, Calif.).

"Radio crew isolation system" was invented by Greg Cottrell (Arroyo Grande, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a communication device. The communications device includes a radio transceiver for transmitting and receiving radio transmissions, a radio frequency channel selector for selecting a desired radio frequency channel upon which to transmit and receive radio transmissions, and a crew isolation toggle, integral to the communication device, for disabling generation of audio transmission from selected members of the radio ...