ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,788, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET D'AEROTECHNIQUE (Futuroscope Chasseneuil, France) and UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS (Poitiers, France).
"Method for separating the components of a mixture of fibers and granules by electrostatic neutralization and screening, and corresponding unit" was invented by Thami Zeghloul (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Lucien Dascalescu (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Karim Medles (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Thomas Simonelli (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Christophe Le Clerc (Clermont-Ferrand, Fr...