ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,958, issued on July 7.
"Device for placing markings" was invented by Georg Rothbucher (Bad Reichenhall, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a device for placing markings on components. The device comprises a contact part to be placed against the component, a sliding element which is arranged slidably on the contact part between a first and a second position, and a reflector which is connected to the sliding element. The contact part comprises at least one continuous marking hole defining a marking point. The marking point and the reflector are arranged along an alignment axis when the sliding element is in the first po...