ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,159, issued on April 8, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Rotation device" was invented by Koichi Obana (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation device includes a two-axis rotation mechanism including a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear disposed at a position where the second bevel gear coaxially faces the first bevel gear in an axial direction, a third bevel gear that meshes with the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear, a first motor for supplying rotational force to the first bevel gear, and a second motor for supplying rotational force to the second bevel gear; a one-axis rotation mec...