ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,418, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Method of recycling carbon fibers" was invented by Hiroshi Urayama (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method of recycling carbon fibers that allows efficiently obtaining carbon fibers suitable for reuse. An embodiment is the method of recycling carbon fibers that includes: preparing a carbon fiber reinforced plastic molded product containing a carbon fiber reinforced plastic containing a carbon fiber and a resin; performing a process of at least one of a heating process or an ultraviolet irradia...