ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,553, issued on June 17, was assigned to TILTA INC. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Adapter, connecting mechanism, and photographic device" was invented by Sen Wu (Shenzhen, China), Wenping Zeng (Shenzhen, China) and Kefeng Zhou (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an adapter, a connecting mechanism, and a photographic device in the field of photographic equipment technology. One embodiment of the adapter comprises a fixed part and a rotating part, which are movably connected. The fixed part is equipped with a first locking member on the side facing away from the rotating part for locking in the mounti...