APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ENERGY USING LASER RADIATION

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting energy using laser radiation, said apparatus comprising a transmission unit which emits an energy-transmitting laser beam that is directed in a targeted manner onto a reception unit, the transmission unit and the reception unit being oriented relative to one another in such a way that the laser beam emitted by the transmission unit is always incident on the reception unit. In order to improve operational safety of said apparatus, an enveloping-space monitoring unit verifies whether any foreign object is located in an enveloping space extending around the energy-transmitting laser beam, and when a foreign object is detected in the enveloping space, the enveloping-space monitoring unit generates a turn-off signal which prevents the energy-transmitting laser beam from emerging from the transmission unit.