US Patent Issued to Moshun on May 27 for "Multi-shear thickening fluid enabled object movement control mechanism" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,045, issued on May 27, was assigned to Moshun LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Multi-shear thickening fluid enabled object movement control mechanism" was invented by Gary W. Grube (Barrington Hills, Ill.), Jaden Terence Lydon (Westmont, Ill.), Charles Avery Herbst (Clarendon Hills, Ill.), Liam C. Davis (Naperville, Ill.), Brenden Ivie (Naperville, Ill.) and Avery Corrine Schuda (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head unit device for controlling motion of an object includes shear thickening fluid (STF), an alternative STF (ASTF), and a chamber configured to contain a portion of the STF and the ASTF. The chamber further includes a...