US Patent Issued to II-VI DELAWARE on April 15 for "Dynamic beam deflection and shaping for laser process" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,084, issued on April 15, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dynamic beam deflection and shaping for laser process" was invented by Axel Heinrici (Kleinmachnow, Germany), Paul Sonntag (Berlin), Patrick Kuhl (Berlin), Rutger Wevers (Berlin) and Matthias Waschicek (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser processing head for a laser beam uses actuators engaged with a delivery fiber end to deflect the fiber end relative to an optical axis. The laser beam from the fiber end is collimated by a collimator and is then focused by a focusing lens disposed in the head beyond the collimator to a focal point. T...