US Patent Issued to SOLARCYCLE on March 17 for "Delamination of used solar module" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,631, issued on March 17, was assigned to SOLARCYCLE INC. (Mesa, Ariz.).

"Delamination of used solar module" was invented by Pablo Ribeiro Dias (Odessa, Texas) and Priscila Silva Silveira Camargo (Odessa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delamination of a solar module (for, e.g., purposes of recycling) may be achieved by applying a rotating member(s) against surface(s) of a used solar module. In certain embodiments, the rotating member may comprise a straight router bit, which may be applied under computer control. Successive application of rotating member(s) at different heights, may afford the collection of different materials....