US Patent Issued to Solar Turbines on Sept. 30 for "Scribing device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,646, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).

"Scribing device" was invented by Tom Leen (San Diego), David Jeorling (Temecula, Calif.), Jose Vigo Molina (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Garrett Gauthier (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scribing device for a component includes a holder and a first scribing assembly coupled to the holder. The first scribing assembly includes a first scribing tool including a first scribing tip configured to define a first annular scribe mark on a circumferential surface of the component, and a first biasing member configured to bias the first scribing tool towar...