US Patent Issued to Fujikura on April 29 for "Structure, method for manufacturing structure, laser device, and laser system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,958, issued on April 29, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Structure, method for manufacturing structure, laser device, and laser system" was invented by Tomohisa Endo (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure includes: an optical fiber including a large-diameter section that is larger in diameter than a remainder of the optical fiber; and a glass block joined to a first end face of the large-diameter section of the optical fiber. The large-diameter section includes a tapering section that: includes, as part of a surface thereof, a sloping surface sloping at an angle of more than 0deg and less than 90deg to an op...