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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tushar S Chande, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9618 ; 350169 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to lens apparatus for splitting a light beam into a plurality of beam portions which are focused. The invention finds utility in laser-materials processing systems in which the inventive lens apparatus is embodied in a fiber optic output coupler so that the fiber transmitted laser beam is split and focused at a plurality of predetermined process points on a workpiece.