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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary Helen McCay, Monteagle, TN (US);
C. Michael Sharp, Belvidere, TN (US);
John Brice Bible, South Pittsburg, TN (US);
John A. Hopkins, Tullahoma, TN (US);
T. Dwayne McCay, Monteagle, TN (US);
Narendra Dahotre, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Frederick A. Schwartz, Woodbury, TN (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for gas assisted energy beam engraving of a target object. This invention employs and energy beam, such as a laser beam or an electron beam, to irradiate a target object in the presence of a selected gaseous environment in order to engrave a mark in the object.