| United States Patent | 6,444,948 |
| Giering , et al. | September 3, 2002 |
A process and device are disclosed for fine and micro-machining workpieces by means of laser beams. The process is conducted in several stages and the device has a modular design. The process and device make it possible to generate highly uniform cut seams or grooves, to set the required conicity, to work in a highly accurate and reproducible manner and give a great freedom of design during machining.
| Inventors: | Giering; Axel (Stuttgart, DE); Linden; Peter (Beimerstetten, DE); Beck; Markus (Ulm, DE); Bahnmuller; Jochen (Wendlingent, DE) |
| Assignee: | DaimlerChrysler AG (DE) |
| Appl. No.: | 529334 |
| Filed: | June 1, 2000 |
| PCT Filed: | September 15, 1998 |
| PCT NO: | PCT/EP98/05836 |
| 371 Date: | June 1, 2000 |
| 102(e) Date: | June 1, 2000 |
| PCT PUB.NO.: | WO99/19108 |
| PCT PUB. Date: | April 22, 1999 |
| Oct 15, 1997[DE] | 197 45 280 |
| Current U.S. Class: | 219/121.73 |
| Intern'l Class: | B23K 026/36 |
| Field of Search: | 219/121.68,121.69,121.7,121.71,121.72,121.78,121.79,121.8,121.81,121.73 |
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