ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,597, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Laser system for generating a linear laser marking on a projection surface" was invented by Lieu-Kim Dang (Gams, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser system (10) for generating a linear laser marking (38) on a projection surface (37), including: a laser beam source (11), which generates a laser beam (28) and emits it along a propagation direction (29), an offset device (16) having a first interface (21), at which a first deflection of the laser beam is effected, and a conical mirror (14), which is embodied as a right cone having a cone axis (15) ...