US Patent Issued on June 17 for "Lenses for 2D planar and curved 3D laser sheets" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,457, issued on June 17.

"Lenses for 2D planar and curved 3D laser sheets" was invented by Mark Belloni (Brewster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various lens shapes are able to transform laser beams into laser sheets that can span both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) space in a controlled manner. The electromagnetic characteristics of the laser beams can be tailored as the laser light enters, traverses, and exits a lens. The projected image can be shaped. The lenses may have sections being multiply or simply connected with or without cavities. The lenses may also have solid or hollow race features, and coatings a...