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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Applicants:
Ipg Photonics Corporation, Oxford, MA (US);
Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Thun, CH;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
IPG Photonics Corporation, Oxford, MA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Thun, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/22 (2006.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/32 (2014.01); B23K 103/14 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/0804 (2023.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); H01S 3/0941 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/22 (2013.01); B23K 26/123 (2013.01); B23K 26/32 (2013.01); H01S 3/06745 (2013.01); H01S 3/0675 (2013.01); H01S 3/0804 (2013.01); H01S 3/094003 (2013.01); H01S 3/0941 (2013.01); B23K 2103/14 (2018.08); H01S 3/094069 (2013.01); H01S 3/09415 (2013.01); H01S 2301/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention benefits from the determination that pre-selected spectral bandwidths that avoid the spectrum of an electronic transition of a metal/alloy vapor allow for welds substantially free from detritus that may discolor the weld. Accordingly, the present invention provides analytical methods, welding methods and fiber lasers configured to provide high quality metal/alloy welds.