ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,781, issued on Sept. 16.
"Magnetically stabilized pivotable tonearm" was invented by Victor Tan (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A uniquely pivotable tonearm stabilized by magnetic fields to achieve superior fidelity during playback, is disclosed. The tonearm comprises a tonearm and an arm wand suspended using two or more torsional elements. A top nut assembly is positioned over a top chassis. The top nut assembly is rotated to provide anti-skating force by rotating counter clockwise. The torsional elements are suspended from the top nut assembly and mounted to the arm wand body as an inverted V configuration. The tonearm f...