ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,001, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TRUMPF LASER GMBH (Schramberg, Germany).

"Processing head for guiding a laser beam and laser processing apparatus comprising a processing head" was invented by Robert Bernhard (Sibbesse, Germany), Reiner Bruestle (Lauterbach, Germany), Tobias Marte (Aichhalden, Germany), Thomas Notheis (Schramberg, Germany) and Christoph Tillkorn (Villingendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing head for guiding a laser beam for processing a workpiece includes a housing main body configured to accommodate a beam guiding element. The housing main body has a first main surface section and a seco...