ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,210, issued on May 12, was assigned to Asphalt Sciences LLC (Reno, Nev.).
"System and method for generating tire rubber asphalt" was invented by Joseph Randall Bruns (Reno, Nev.) and Hashem Hashemi (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for generating a rapid digestion process ("RDP") product are described. The method includes receiving a bitumen compound and first heating the bitumen compound to 320deg F. to 420deg F. The method then proceeds to add tire rubber to the bitumen compound. The bitumen compound and the tire rubber are mixed for 5 minutes to 360 minutes during a second heating to 525deg F. to 700deg...