ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,044, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TILTA INC. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Photographing system for ultralow-height counterweight-free vehicle-mounted jib" was invented by Wenping Zeng (Shenzhen, China), Zheng Fu (Shenzhen, China) and Yaolong Luo (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photographing system for an ultralow-height counterweight-free vehicle-mounted jib, comprising a base (10), a rotating part, a jib, and a damping part. The rotating part comprises a housing (1) provided above the base (10), a frame (37), counterweight blocks (36), a servo electric cylinder (35), a motor (38), a pinion (40), and a large gear (41)....