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Patent No.:

US 12583066 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2024

System and method for removing metal fasteners embedded in wood products

Applicant:

Urban Machine, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Gillies, Lafayette, CA (US);

Brett Jaeger, Oakland, CA (US);

Aidan Barry, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gabrielle Zacks, Berkeley, CA (US);

Maxwell Micali, Oakland, CA (US);

Alex Thiele, Berkeley, CA (US);

Tyler Compton, Berkeley, CA (US);

Eric Law, Lafayette, CA (US);

Assignee:

Urban Machine, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Run8 Patent Group, LLC

Peter Miller

Primary Examiner:

Lee A Holly

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 9/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

One variation of a method includes: receiving a recycled wood workpiece in an inductor volume; accessing an image of the inductor volume; based on a set of features detected in the image, detecting a first reflective elliptical object embedded in a surface of the recycled wood workpiece and deriving a first location of the first reflective elliptical object. This variation of the method further includes: identifying the first reflective elliptical object as a first metal fastener occupying the first location; triggering the stage to drive an inductor, arranged within the inductor volume, within a target coupling distance of the first location of the first metal fastener; and triggering a driver to supply a target alternating current to the inductor to heat the first metal fastener via induction heating and to reduce retention of the first metal fastener by the recycled wood workpiece.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gillies, Andrew. (2026). System and method for removing metal fasteners embedded in wood products (U.S. Patent No. 12583066). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12583066

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