US 11,742,527 B2
Closed-loop lead acid battery recycling process and product
Jason D. Searl, Bayside, WI (US); Brian K. Wycklendt, Fort Myers, FL (US); Craig W. Rigby, Bayside, WI (US); Jeramy W. LeMieux, Mukwonago, WI (US); Corey L. Graven, Cedarburg, WI (US); Hiroko Kawai, Bayside, WI (US); and Edmund A. Muellerweiss, Grafton, WI (US)
Assigned to CPS Technology Holdings LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by CPS Technology Holdings LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/077,317, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085424 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/12 (2006.01); H01M 50/414 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/12 (2013.01) [H01M 50/414 (2021.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closed-loop process of managing recycling and manufacturing a lead acid battery, the process comprising:
collecting one or more used lead acid batteries from a first point of sale location;
collecting, via a first terminal at a first location, first data related to a weight of each of the one or more lead acid batteries collected;
processing, at a second location, the one or more lead acid batteries collected so as to separate the batteries into lead, polymer, acid, and separator components and isolate said components;
recycling the lead and the polymer;
collecting, via a second terminal at the second location, second data related to a separate weight of at least one of the recycled lead, the recycled polymer, and the acid;
comparing the first data to the second data to calculate a weight loss of at least one of the lead, the polymer, the acid, and the separator components during the recycling using a server electrically coupled with the first terminal and the second terminal;
creating a new lead acid battery using the recycled lead and the recycled polymer; and
providing the new lead acid battery to a second point of sale location.