Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Fukae

Kenneth A. Fukae 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).

  • Patent number: 4761789
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for cooling a slab-geometry solid state laser medium wherein at least one of the front or rear surfaces of the laser medium is in contact with a glass cover, and a coolant is passed over the outside of the glass cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Amada Engineering & Service Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Fukae
  • Patent number: 4757513
    Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-faceted reflector for use in pumping slab geometry solid state lasers. The present invention provides a multi-faceted reflector having a plurality of reflector segments which allow the reflector designer to alter the intensity profile along the longitudinal direction of the flashlamp without having to generate a continuous curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Amada Engineering & Service Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Fukae
  • Patent number: 4751716
    Abstract: A solid state laser medium for use in a solid state laser oscillator uses a hollow cylindrical solid state laser medium which is formed cylindrically in order to improve the cooling efficiency of the laser. The laser includes a pumping device for exciting the laser medium and an optical resonator that is arranged on both ends in the axial direction of the laser medium. The pumping device includes a plurality of flash lamps that are arranged on the outside, with respect to the central longitudinal access of the laser medium, of the outer surface of the hollow cylindrical laser medium and an outer reflector that is arranged so as to enclose the flash lamps and the laser medium, from the outside, with respect to the central longitudinal access of the laser medium, of the flash lamps, and a cylindrical inner reflector with outer diameter which is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the laser medium, the inner reflector being inserted in the cavity of the laser medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Amada Engineering & Service Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Ream, Chun-Sheu Lee, Kenneth A. Fukae