ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,621, issued on July 7, was assigned to TILTA INC. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Shock-absorption head and shock-absorption mechanism" was invented by Yaolong Luo (Shenzhen, China), Yiling Wang (Shenzhen, China), Wenping Zeng (Shenzhen, China) and Kefeng Zhou (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock-absorption head includes a connector, a moving component, a supporting component, and a shock-absorption structure. The shock-absorption head can induce a swaying motion in the supporting component, counteracting any tendency of a camera to swing. This motion, facilitated by the shock-absorption structure's telescopic movement, effecti...