ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,899, issued on July 22, was assigned to Magnecomp Corp. (Murrieta, Calif.).

"Gimbal strut configuration for high yaw suspension design" was invented by Long Zhang (Winchester, Calif.), Kuen Chee Ee (Chino, Calif.) and David Glaess (Bangkok).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trace gimbal is described. The trace gimbal includes outer struts including a front outrigger at a distal end of the trace gimbal and a rear outrigger at a proximal end of the trace gimbal. The front outrigger includes a distal front outrigger and a proximal front outrigger. The rear outrigger includes a distal rear outrigger and a proximal rear outrigger. The trace...