ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,353, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sphere Entertainment Group LLC (New York).

"Camera lens flexure collar" was invented by Michael Graae (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Deanan Dasilva (Malibu, Calif.), Bryan Guenther (Tucson, Ariz.) and John Mongelli (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are apparatus and system aspects for a camera lens flexure collar. An aspect includes an interior wall with one or more inner protrusions, an exterior wall with one or more openings, a cam located between the interior wall and the exterior wall, an actuator arm coupled to the cam and extending through the one or more openings of the ext...