Patents by Inventor Wang Long

Wang Long 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).

  • MATERIAL PROCESSING UTILIZING A LASER HAVING A VARIABLE BEAM SHAPE
    Publication number: 20230405718
    Abstract: In various embodiments, workpieces are processed, e.g., via welding or cutting, while the shape and/or one or more other parameters of the laser processing beam are altered. The shape and/or one or more other parameters of the laser processing beam may be varied based on one or more characteristics of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Parviz TAYEBATI, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Wang-Long ZHOU, Bien CHANN
  • SILOXANE MITIGATION FOR LASER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230402817
    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: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan LOCHMAN, Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bien CHANN
  • Material processing utilizing a laser having a variable beam shape
    Patent number: 11780029
    Abstract: In various embodiments, workpieces are processed, e.g., via welding or cutting, while the shape and/or one or more other parameters of the laser processing beam are altered. The shape and/or one or more other parameters of the laser processing beam may be varied based on one or more characteristics of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Parviz Tayebati, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann
  • Siloxane mitigation for laser systems
    Patent number: 11769986
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bryan Lochman, Wang-Long Zhou, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Bien Chann
  • LASER SYSTEMS UTILIZING CELLULAR-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS FOR BEAM SHAPING
    Publication number: 20230296827
    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: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Wang-Long ZHOU, Parviz TAYEBATI
  • LENS ARRANGEMENTS FOR VARYING NUMERICAL APERTURE IN LASER DELIVERY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230291166
    Abstract: In various embodiments, one or more optical elements are utilized to alter the numerical aperture of a radiation beam received from an optical fiber in order to accommodate the properties of a downstream collimator within a laser delivery head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • LASER SYSTEM WITH STAIRCASED SLOW-AXIS COLLIMATORS
    Publication number: 20230275404
    Abstract: In various embodiments, pointing errors in a non-wavelength-beam-combining dimension of a laser system are at least partially alleviated via staircased collimation lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Bryan LOCHMAN, Bien CHANN, Matthew SAUTER
  • Laser systems utilizing cellular-core optical fibers for beam shaping
    Patent number: 11698482
    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: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Wang-Long Zhou, Parviz Tayebati
  • Lens arrangements for varying numerical aperture in laser delivery systems
    Patent number: 11695247
    Abstract: In various embodiments, one or more optical elements are utilized to alter the numerical aperture of a radiation beam received from an optical fiber in order to accommodate the properties of a downstream collimator within a laser delivery head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo
  • Laser system with staircased slow-axis collimators
    Patent number: 11682882
    Abstract: In various embodiments, pointing errors in a non-wavelength-beam-combining dimension of a laser system are at least partially alleviated via staircased collimation lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Bryan Lochman, Bien Chann, Matthew Sauter
  • OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR VARYING LASER BEAM PROFILE
    Publication number: 20230161108
    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: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Parviz TAYEBATI, Bien CHANN
  • LASER SYSTEMS UTILIZING FIBER BUNDLES FOR POWER DELIVERY AND BEAM SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20230119937
    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: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Bien CHANN, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Parviz TAYEBATI
  • Optical fiber structures and methods for varying laser beam profile
    Patent number: 11567265
    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: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    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
    Patent number: 11563301
    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 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Parviz Tayebati
  • SINGLE EMITTER STACKING FOR WAVELENGTH-BEAM-COMBINING LASER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230012623
    Abstract: In various embodiments, multiple laser emitters are arranged in one or more linear stacks and emit beams to one or more linear stacks of interleaving mirrors. The interleaving mirrors direct the beams to a shared exit point, thereby forming an output beam stack. The optical distances traversed by each beam from its emitter to the shared exit point are all equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Michael DEUTSCH, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bien CHANN
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT OF WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING RESONATORS
    Publication number: 20220390759
    Abstract: In various embodiments, alignment systems for laser resonators generate near-field and/or far-field images of input beams produced by the laser resonators to enable the alignment of the input beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Bien CHANN, Krzysztof Michal NOWAK, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR BEAM SHAPING
    Publication number: 20220365298
    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: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO
  • Wavelength beam combining laser systems utilizing prisms for beam quality improvement and bandwidth reduction
    Patent number: 11500139
    Abstract: In various embodiments, one or more prisms are utilized in a wavelength beam combining laser system to regulate beam size and/or to provide narrower wavelength bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TERADIODE, INC.
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann, Daniel Gary Dugmore, Mike Cruz
  • SILOXANE MITIGATION FOR LASER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220352689
    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: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan LOCHMAN, Wang-Long ZHOU, Francisco VILLARREAL-SAUCEDO, Bien CHANN
  • Systems and methods for laser systems with variable beam parameter product
    Patent number: 11480846
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a beam-parameter adjustment system and focusing system alters a spatial power distribution of a radiation beams before the beam is coupled into an optical fiber or delivered to a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TeraDiode, Inc.
    Inventors: Parviz Tayebati, Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann, Bryan Lochman