Patents by Inventor Josef Unternährer

Josef Unternährer 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).

  • Power scalable optical systems for generating, transporting, and delivering high power, high quality, laser beams
    Patent number: 7042631
    Abstract: Power scalable, rectangular, multi-mode, self-imaging, waveguide technologies are used with various combination of large aperture configurations, 20, 50, 80, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, Gaussian 360 and super-Gaussian 350 beam profiles, thermal management configurations 100, flared 240 and tapered 161 waveguide shapes, axial or zig-zag light propagation paths, diffractive wall couplers 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 320 and phase controller 200, flexibility 210, phased arrays 450, 490, beam combiners 530, 530?, and separators 344, 430, and other features to generate, transport, and deliver high power laser beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Coherent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane D. Smith, Wayne S. Pelouch, Narasimha S. Prasad, Josef Unternährer, John Koroshetz, Iain McKinnie