ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,544, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TRUMPF LASER GMBH (Schramberg, Germany).
"Optical fiber unit, laser system comprising such an optical fiber unit, and method for evaluating an input coupling quality of the input coupling of useful light into such an optical fiber unit" was invented by Alexander Killi (Trossingen, Germany), Aleksander Budnicki (Waldkirch, Germany) and Stefan Baumbach (Oberwolfach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber unit includes an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a light guiding region configured for guiding light through the optical fiber, an input coupling end having a first f...