US Patent Issued to Nodal Film Systems on March 25 for "Camera head with integrated PCB stator motors" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,643, issued on March 25, was assigned to Nodal Film Systems LLC (Los Angeles).

"Camera head with integrated PCB stator motors" was invented by Boyd Randolph Hobbs (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Camera heads having up to three axes of rotation (e.g., pan, tilt, roll). Each axis of rotation coincides with the rotational output of a PCB stator motor. PCB stator motors are used to prevent cogging and to reduce weight, while giving haptic feedback to a user that allows the camera head to mimic the physical properties of various mechanical camera heads. For example, despite being lightweight, an embodiment of the inventive su...