Patents by Inventor Claude Quinque

Claude Quinque 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).

  • Process and apparatus for the alignment of a laser beam by using optical sighting means and process for using the apparatus for checking the alignment
    Patent number: 4668088
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for the alignment of a laser beam by optical sighting means and process for using the apparatus for checking the alignment.The invention consists of preferably carrying out a sighting of the emergence or starting point of the laser beam illuminated for this purpose by means of a sight tube and beam splitting means and using the displacements of the sight tube-splitting means assembly with respect to the laser, then immobilizing the assembly with respect to the support plate carrying the laser and then performing a sighting of the target illuminated for this purpose by using the movements of the support plate and/or a laser beam orienting mirror. The alignment is checked during the operation of the laser by replacing the splitting means by a ring mirror and by observing the target.Application to laser machining in a blind enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Claude Quinque, Rene Merard