ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,586, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MONDRAGON ASSEMBLY, S.COOP. (Aretxabaleta, Spain).

"Solar panel frame disassembling apparatus" was invented by Oliver Caulle (Bourg Saint Andeol, France), Florian Valentin (Rochegude, France), Rui De Almeida (Orange, France), Aitor Apraiz Arenaza (Aretxabaleta, Spain) and Jean-Philippe Aguerre (Aretxabaleta, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus that is configured to separate the frame of a solar panel from the body of the solar panel. The apparatus includes first and second plates that are configured to clamp the body between them. Separating at least a portion of the fr...