US Patent Issued to Franklin Miller on Aug. 4 for "Battery deconstruction apparatus and methods" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,621, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Franklin Miller Inc. (Livingston, N.J.).

"Battery deconstruction apparatus and methods" was invented by William Galanty (Livingston, N.J.) and Korkmaz Oz (Randolph, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus (10) for safe and effective shredding of batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, is disclosed. The system integrates a shredding subassembly (12), an auger/screw conveyor subassembly (14), a rotary screen subassembly (16), and an optional solvent recovery/recirculation subassembly (18). Valves/actuators (26, 28) can be coordinated such that a nitrogen blanket or a vacuum is maintained ...