US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Electric on June 24 for "Method for forming film on end-surface of laser diode bar" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,316, issued on June 24, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method for forming film on end-surface 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 plurality of laser diode bars and a plurality of dummy bars are alternately arranged on projections provided on an upper surface of a plate so that an opening of the plate is sandwiched between the projections. The plurality of laser diode bars and the plurality of dummy bars are arranged with the projections as reference positions. End surfaces of the plurality of laser diode bars are protruded upward...