ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,017, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN (Tainan, Taiwan).
"Solar cell module recycling apparatus and recycling method therefor" was invented by Yao-Hsien Fu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsueh-Pin Tai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chia-Tsung Hung (Tainan, Taiwan), Cheng-Chen Liu (Tainan, Taiwan), Chun-Chih Hu (Pingtung, Taiwan) and How-Wei Ke (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recycling apparatus for a solar cell module includes a platform for supporting and positioning the solar cell module, and at least one milling device disposed on the platform and having a milling member configured to contact a back pl...