US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Electric on April 15 for "Dummy bar configured to align laser diode bar during deposition of film on end faces of laser diode bar and method for depositing film on end faces of laser diode bar" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,459, issued on April 15, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Dummy bar configured to align laser diode bar during deposition of film on end faces of laser diode bar and method for depositing film on end faces of laser diode bar" was invented by Masato Suzuki (Tokyo) and Masatsugu Kusunoki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dummy bar is used to align a laser diode bar during deposition of an insulating film on a front end face (32) and a rear end face (34) of a laser diode bar (30), the dummy bar including a body part (12) having a plate shape, and including a pair of side surfaces (14), an upper surface (16), and ...