ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,829, issued on April 29, was assigned to Moshun LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Modular rotating shear thickening fluid based object control mechanism" was invented by Richard Michael Lang (Howey In The Hills, Fla.), David Schuda (Wheaton, Ill.), Jason K. Resch (Warwick, R.I.), John Edward Buchalo (South Barrington, Ill.), Gary W. Grube (Barrington Hills, Ill.), Terence Michael Lydon (Westmont, Ill.), Steven Michael Barger (Bartlett, Ill.), Timothy John Boundy (Deer Park, Ill.) and Eric McHugh (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening...