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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Nlight, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Brown, Vancouver, WA (US);
Aaron Hodges, LaCenter, WA (US);
Kenneth Almonte, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NLIGHT, INC., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/04 (2006.01); H01S 5/06 (2006.01); H01S 5/022 (2006.01); H01S 5/068 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01); H01S 5/0683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/0607 (2013.01); H01S 5/02284 (2013.01); H01S 5/06 (2013.01); H01S 5/0612 (2013.01); H01S 5/06804 (2013.01); H01S 5/06837 (2013.01); H01S 5/4012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a fiber laser coupler, comprising a fiber laser cable enclosed in a housing, the housing includes a circuit and a temperature sensitive variable resistance element (TSVRE) coupled to the circuit, wherein the TSVRE is in thermal contact with one or more locations within the housing and is configured to provide a resistance in the circuit associated with a temperature of the TSVRE, wherein the circuit is further configured to couple to a processor configured to determine a temperature of the TSVRE based on reading the resistance in the circuit.