ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,593, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"TIR-assisted laser welding of optical components" was invented by Alexander Koshelev (San Jose, Calif.) and Christophe Peroz (Zurich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, the method may include disposing an infrared (IR) absorbing material at one or both of a first surface of a first transparent body composed of a polymer or a second surface of a second transparent body composed of the polymer. In addition, the method may include positioning the first transparent body adjacent to the second transparent body so that the first surface abuts t...