ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,942, issued on May 20, was assigned to Trinity Metals LLC (Indianapolis).
"System and method for mixed material magnesium sorting" was invented by Wade T. Conner (Indianapolis) and Tyler Kruer (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sorting a mix of scrap material to separate out magnesium scrap from the mixed scrap for reuse is presented herein. The method includes using sensors to detect characteristics of the scrap material and sorting or separating the scrap material into the different types based on the detected characteristics from the sensors."
The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/8...