Patents by Inventor Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo

Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • LASER SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR WORKPIECE PROCESSING UTILIZING OPTICAL FIBERS AND MULTIPLE BEAMS
    Publication number: 20220009036
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a workpiece is processed utilizing primary and secondary laser beams having different wavelengths and which are coupled into specialized optical fibers. The primary and secondary beams may be utilized during different stages of workpiece processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bien CHANN
  • Polarization-adjusted and shape-adjusted beam operation for materials processing
    Patent number: 11204506
    Abstract: In various embodiments, laser delivery systems feature variable polarizers and beam shapers for altering the polarization and/or shape of the output beam for processing of various materials. The polarization and/or shape of the beam may be varied based on one or more characteristics of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Parviz Tayebati, Bien Chann, Wang-Long Zhou, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Robin Huang
  • Systems and methods for laser systems with variable beam parameter product utilizing thermo-optic effects
    Patent number: 11143932
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a beam-parameter adjustment system and focusing system alters a spatial power distribution of a radiation beam, via thermo-optic effects, before the beam is coupled into an optical fiber or delivered to a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Parviz Tayebati, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Bien Chann, Dat Nguyen, Michael Deutsch
  • LASER HEAD CONFIGURATIONS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MATERIALS PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20210197311
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a laser head receives a laser output beam from a laser system or resonator without the use of a delivery optical fiber, and any asymmetry of the laser output beam may be maintained. The laser head may be physically rotatable to control orientation of the laser beam along a processing path on a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bryan LOCHMAN, Bien CHANN
  • LASER SYSTEMS UTILIZING FIBER BUNDLES FOR POWER DELIVERY AND BEAM SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20210203123
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by coupling the laser beam into an optical fiber of a fiber bundle and directing the laser beam onto one or more in-coupling locations on the input end of the optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Bien CHANN, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Parviz TAYEBATI
  • OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR VARYING LASER BEAM PROFILE
    Publication number: 20210141155
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or numerical aperture of a laser beam is adjusted utilizing a step-clad optical fiber having a central core, a first cladding, an annular core, and a second cladding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Parviz TAYEBATI, Bien CHANN
  • LASER SYSTEMS UTILIZING CELLULAR-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS FOR BEAM SHAPING
    Publication number: 20210132288
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by directing the laser beam across a path along the input end of a cellular-core optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the cellular-core optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Wang-Long ZHOU, Parviz TAYEBATI
  • COLD-START ACCELERATION FOR WAVELENGTH-BEAM-COMBINING LASER RESONATORS
    Publication number: 20210119421
    Abstract: In various embodiments, cold-start times and performance of wavelength-beam-combining laser resonators are improved via adjustment of the operating wavelengths and/or temperature of beam emitters within the resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Bien CHANN, Bryan LOCHMAN, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • SILOXANE MITIGATION FOR LASER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210119411
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the concentration and deposition of siloxane materials within components of laser systems, such as laser resonators, is reduced or minimized utilizing mitigation systems that may also supply gas having low siloxane levels into multiple different components in series or in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Bryan LOCHMAN, Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bien CHANN
  • WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING LASER SYSTEMS UTILIZING ETALONS
    Publication number: 20210066889
    Abstract: In various embodiments, wavelength beam combining laser systems incorporate etalons to establish external lasing cavities and/or to combine multiple input beams into a single output beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bien CHANN, James BURGESS, Wang ZHOU, Bryan LOCHMAN, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • DUAL-WAVELENGTH LASER SYSTEMS AND MATERIAL PROCESSING UTILIZING SUCH SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210039200
    Abstract: In various embodiments, laser beams of two different wavelengths are utilized, sequentially and/or simultaneously, to process workpieces in various processing stages such as melting, piercing, cutting, and welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bien CHANN, Mark MORDARSKI, Bryan LOCHMAN
  • Laser systems utilizing fiber bundles for power delivery and beam switching
    Patent number: 10916911
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by coupling the laser beam into an optical fiber of a fiber bundle and directing the laser beam onto one or more in-coupling locations on the input end of the optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Parviz Tayebati
  • Laser systems utilizing cellular-core optical fibers for beam shaping
    Patent number: 10852471
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by directing the laser beam across a path along the input end of a cellular-core optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the cellular-core optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Wang-Long Zhou, Parviz Tayebati
  • Optical fiber structures and methods for varying laser beam profile
    Patent number: 10845545
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or numerical aperture of a laser beam is adjusted utilizing a step-clad optical fiber having a central core, a first cladding, an annular core, and a second cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Parviz Tayebati, Bien Chann
  • Wavelength beam combining laser systems utilizing etalons
    Patent number: 10804679
    Abstract: In various embodiments, wavelength beam combining laser systems incorporate etalons to establish external lasing cavities and/or to combine multiple input beams into a single output beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Bien Chann, James Burgess, Wang Zhou, Bryan Lochman, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo
  • MATERIAL PROCESSING UTILIZING HIGH-FREQUENCY BEAM SHAPING
    Publication number: 20200310055
    Abstract: In various embodiments, laser emissions are steered into different regions of an optical fiber, and/or into different optical fibers, in a temporal pattern such that an output has different spatial output profiles. The temporal pattern has a frequency sufficient such that a workpiece is processed by an effective output shape combining the different spatial output profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Mark MORDARSKI, Bryan LOCHMAN, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • Optical fiber structures and methods for varying laser beam profile
    Patent number: 10768373
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or numerical aperture of a laser beam is adjusted utilizing a step-clad optical fiber having a central core, a first cladding, an annular core, and a second cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Parviz Tayebati, Bien Chann
  • LASER SYSTEMS UTILIZING FIBER BUNDLES FOR POWER DELIVERY AND BEAM SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20200280165
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by coupling the laser beam into an optical fiber of a fiber bundle and directing the laser beam onto one or more in-coupling locations on the input end of the optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Bien CHANN, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Parviz TAYEBATI
  • OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR BEAM SHAPING
    Publication number: 20200147720
    Abstract: In various embodiments, optical fibers have arrangements of core, annular core, and cladding regions enabling variation of beam shape and/or beam parameter product and may be utilized for the processing (e.g., welding, cutting, drilling, etc.) of various workpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • Laser systems utilizing fiber bundles for power delivery and beam switching
    Patent number: 10630047
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by coupling the laser beam into an optical fiber of a fiber bundle and directing the laser beam onto one or more in-coupling locations on the input end of the optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Parviz Tayebati