US Patent Issued to HULICO on June 2 for "Processing a battery electrode assembly to recover electrode material" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,765, issued on June 2, was assigned to HULICO LLC (Bend, Ore.).

"Processing a battery electrode assembly to recover electrode material" was invented by Steven E. Sloop (Bend, Ore.) and Lauren E. Crandon (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are disclosed that relate to methods and reactors for recycling a positive electrode material of a lithium-ion battery. One example provides a method of recycling a positive electrode material of a lithium-ion battery. The positive electrode material comprises a metal m having a n+ oxidation state (mn+). A reaction mixture is formed comprising the positive electrode material, an oxidi...