US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Method of recycling a component with rare earth element recovery" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,891, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method of recycling a component with rare earth element recovery" was invented by Chuanbing Rong (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of recycling a component having a base structure and at least one body coupled to the base structure, wherein the body includes a rare earth element, includes positioning a mask over the component to produce a masked component. The mask is a material that is resistant to a liquid. The liquid is an acid or solvent and configured to dissolve the rare earth element. The mask covers the base structure...