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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhiwen Sun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Huiyuan Chen, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Turner Boris Caldwell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anthony Michael Thurston, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 7/00 (2006.01); C22B 26/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 7/007 (2013.01); C22B 26/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Processes for extracting lithium from a clay mineral and compositions thereof are described. The extraction process includes providing a clay mineral comprising lithium, mixing a cation source with the clay mineral, performing a high-energy mill of the clay mineral, and performing a liquid leach to obtain a lithium rich leach solution.
Sun, Zhiwen. (2026). Selective extraction of lithium from clay minerals (U.S. Patent No. 12540367). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12540367
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