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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:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Angel L Ortiz, Jr, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356237 ; 356239 ; 372 31 ;
Abstract
The present monitoring system for monitoring operation of a laser system includes, in one embodiment, respective optical sensors coupled to respective, selected optical components. Each optical sensor, in operation, generates signals indicative of optical signal radial leakage of a respective optical component. When the radial leakage of a respective optical component. When the radial leakage-indicative signal from an optical sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold, operation of the laser system is interrupted.