ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,238, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Magnetic lock mechanism camera and gimbal" was invented by Guanghuai Xue (Shenzhen, China), Wei Huang (Shenzhen, China) and He Tian (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera includes a sensor assembly and a lock mechanism. The sensor assembly includes a movable member and an image sensor coupled to the movable member and configured to move together with the movable member. The lock mechanism is configured to lock the movable member to limit movement of the movable member. The lock mechanism includes a coil assembly and a magnetic att...