ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,547, issued on June 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Material reconditioning devices and dispensing systems" was invented by Dalong Gao (Rochester, Mich.), Ryan Gergely (Fraser, Mich.), Prateek Mishra (Rochester, Mich.) and Paul E. Crittenden (Metamora, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconditioning device includes: a first shearing plate; a second shearing plate; and a housing. The housing includes: a first member configured to hold the first shearing plate and comprising an input for receiving a material; a second member connected to the first member to form an inner cavity, a portion of th...