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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);

Inventor:

Scott Caldwell, New Milford, CT (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/16 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/064 (2014.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01); B23K 26/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/1687 (2013.01); B23K 26/064 (2015.10); B23K 26/073 (2013.01); B23K 26/22 (2013.01); B29C 65/1612 (2013.01); B29C 65/1635 (2013.01); B29C 65/1667 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/41 (2013.01); B29C 66/472 (2013.01); B29C 66/81268 (2013.01); B29C 65/167 (2013.01); B29C 65/1696 (2013.01);
Abstract

A narrow waveguide homogenizes laser light traveling from a laser light source of a laser bank through a plurality of laser delivery bundles that include at least a fiber optic bundle leg to weld a plurality of work pieces along a weld line that is narrower than the width of the fiber optic bundle leg. The narrow waveguide has a portion associated with each fiber optic bundle leg that is narrower than the fiber optic bundle leg with which that portion of the waveguide is associated. A reflective bounce plane diverts laser light of the fiber optic bundle leg that does not travel through the narrow waveguide.


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