Patents by Inventor Manuel B. Gutierrez, JR.

Manuel B. Gutierrez, JR. 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).

  • Collecting / removing byproducts of laser ablation
    Patent number: 9945253
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a laser system. During an embodiment of this method, inert gas is directed against an object within a cavity of a collection device. An aperture is formed in the object by ablating the object with a laser beam that travels within the cavity and to the object. Byproducts of the ablation are removed from the cavity. During another embodiment of the method, inert gas is pooled against an object and a gas curtain is provided proximate a lens. The object is cut using a laser beam which travels from the lens, through the gas curtain and the pooled inert gas, to the object. Fumes and/or particulates produced by the formation are directed away from the laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel B. Gutierrez, Jr., Charles Novak
  • COLLECTING / REMOVING BYPRODUCTS OF LASER ABLATION
    Publication number: 20160221121
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a laser system. During an embodiment of this method, inert gas is directed against an object within a cavity of a collection device. An aperture is formed in the object by ablating the object with a laser beam that travels within the cavity and to the object. Byproducts of the ablation are removed from the cavity. During another embodiment of the method, inert gas is pooled against an object and a gas curtain is provided proximate a lens. The object is cut using a laser beam which travels from the lens, through the gas curtain and the pooled inert gas, to the object. Fumes and/or particulates produced by the formation are directed away from the laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Manuel B. Gutierrez, JR., Charles Novak