IP Library Granted Patent US 7,923,659
Granted Patent B2
US 7,923,659 · App. 11/843,274 · Granted Apr 12, 2011

Laser machining method and laser machining apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,923,659
App. No.
11/843,274
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laser machining method and a laser machining apparatus by which holes excelling in form accuracy can be machined efficiently are to be provided. A first cylindrical lens and/or a second cylindrical lens to correct any deformation of reflective face of a first mirror and/or a second mirror is arranged on an optical axis of a laser beam, and converging positions of the laser beam for an X-component and for a Y-component are coincident with a point on the optical axis.

Claims (9)

1. A laser machining apparatus comprising:

an X mirror whose axis of rotation is in an X-direction,

a Y mirror whose axis of rotation is in a Y-direction,

a converging lens, wherein a laser being is positioned by the X mirror and the Y mirror and made to enter the converging lens, and

an optical device arranged on an optical axis of the laser beam for correcting a curvature of a reflective surface of the X mirror or the Y mirror

and for making converged positions of the laser beam in the X-direction and in the Y-direction coincident with a point on the optical axis,

wherein a focal distance of the optical device is determined based on a difference between a sum of deformation extents in the X-direction and a sum of deformation extents in the Y-direction, and the deformation extents are relative to respective centers of the X mirror and the Y mirror.

2. The laser machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical device comprises a cylindrical lens or a cylindrical mirror.

3. The laser machining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the sum of the deformation extents in the X-direction and the sum of the deformation extents in the Y-direction is 0.1 μm or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: HITACHI VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
To: VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032600/0580 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2007
From: ARAI, KUNIO; KITA, YASUHIKO; ITO, YASUSHI
To: HITACHI VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019953/0507 →