US Patent Issued to Hanpin Electron on June 3 for "Vinyl record player automatic stop and lift tonearm structure" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,418, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hanpin Electron Co. Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Vinyl record player automatic stop and lift tonearm structure" was invented by Shen-Keng Liu (Tainan, Taiwan), Hsi-Ping Wang (Tainan, Taiwan) and Chang-Hsiou Lu (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vinyl record player automatic stop and lift tonearm structure. The vinyl record player includes a turntable for placing a record and a base for installing a tonearm. The base includes an inner shaft portion arranged thereon. The tonearm includes a rotating shaft portion correspondingly assembled on the inner shaft portion....