Phiston Technologies Assigned Two Patents

SSD media destroyer
Phiston Technologies, Inc., Miramar, FL, has been assigned a patent (11,400,457) developed by Ebadian, M. Ali, Miramar, FL, and Travieso, Raul, Miami, FL, for a “solid state drive media destroyer.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed is an apparatus for destroying the operational aspects and electronic media of a Solid State Drive (SSD) yet maintaining the physical shape of the SSD for identification. The apparatus includes a crusher box having counter-rotating rollers that are intermeshed to provide a high speed feed of an SSD wherein teeth formed on the rollers render the electron media non-accessible and impart a distinctive waffle like appearance for ease of identifying destroyed SSD’s. A VFD-PID controller is used to vary the speed of an electric motor 50 with the PID having a feedback signal that allows for various target values to be set.”

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2019 (16/405,338).

HDD and electronic waste disposal
Phiston Technologies, Inc., Miramar, FL, has been assigned a patent (11,389,805) developed by Ebadian, M. Ali, Travieso, Raul, Miami, FL, and Graham, Douglas, Miramar, FL, for “method and apparatus for HDD and electronic waste disposal.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method and apparatus for use in destroying a data storage device and separating materials for recycling. The apparatus employs: a first stage of rough cutting wherein the data storage device is shredded into pieces approximately 30 mm.times.30 mm, a second stage that separates shredded metal material, such as spindles, from non-metal material by use of a magnetized roller having a scraper to the metal material to a first bin and non-metal material to a third stage having an upper level shredder and a lower level shredder for grinding the non-metal material into particle sizes of 10 mm.times.10 mm or less.”

The patent application was filed on October 18, 2021 (17/503,463).