ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,311, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Universityof Electronic Science and Technology of China (Sichuan, China).

"Optical probe with high stability for measurement of radiation information of turbine disks" was invented by Chao Wang (Sichuan, China), Jing Jiang (Sichuan, China), Yi Niu (Sichuan, China), Hongzu Li (Sichuan, China), Zezhan Zhang (Sichuan, China), Lihao Yang (Sichuan, China), Peifeng Yu (Sichuan, China) and Shan Gao (Sichuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical probe with high stability for measurement of radiation information of a turbine disk of an aeroengine includes a one-piece outer casing, a pressing ...