ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,874, issued on Jan. 27.
"Automated dismantling and separation system for solar panels" was invented by Chih-Yu Chiu (Taichung, Taiwan), Rou-Xuan Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Shih-Ying Cheng (Taichung, Taiwan), Chu-Hung Liu (Taichung, Taiwan), Hsiu-Huan Huang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Tse-Yu Chiu (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated dismantling and separation system for solar panels is provided, which mainly disassembles the aluminum frame of the solar panel to form the stack material through the frame disassembly system, and the stack material is transported by the handling device to the stack material disassembly s...