Patents by Inventor Shiro Honnmura

Shiro Honnmura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for classifying and recovering the main components of used batteries
    Patent number: 6677547
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for classifying and recovering the main components of used batteries, particularly, a method and an apparatus by which the batteries are conveyed on a conveyor while an alternating magnetic field of a plurality of frequencies is applied to each and a detection means detects what sort of induced magnetic field has resulted from the eddy current induced in the battery. The orthogonal components in the change of the induced magnetic field are detected; the relationship between these orthogonal components and the frequencies are compared with the database of the same which is previously obtained, and the batteries are sorted according to their classification and size. This method can sort large amounts of used batteries continuously. In this invention, the battery will be drawn down into the detection region either magnetically or mechanically while the stable transport of the battery is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tanii, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Shiro Honnmura, Takeo Kamimura, Takahiko Hirai, Masaaki Kurokawa, Reizou Miyauchi
  • Method and apparatus for classifying and recovering the main components of used batteries
    Publication number: 20020027095
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for classifying and recovering the main components of used batteries, particularly, a method and an apparatus by which the batteries are conveyed on a conveyor while an alternating magnetic field of a plurality of frequencies is applied to each and a detection means detects what sort of induced magnetic field has resulted from the eddy current induced in the battery. The orthogonal components in the change of the induced magnetic field are detected; the relationship between these orthogonal components and the frequencies are compared with the database of the same which is previously obtained, and the batteries are sorted according to their classification and size. This method can sort large amounts of used batteries continuously. In this invention, the battery will be drawn down into the detection region either magnetically or mechanically while the stable transport of the battery is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tanii, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Shiro Honnmura, Takeo Kamimura, Takahiko Hirai, Masaaki Kurokawa, Reizou Miyauchi
  • Method and apparatus for classifying and recovering the main components of used batteries
    Patent number: 6337450
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for classifying and recovering the main components of used batteries, particularly, a method and an apparatus by which the batteries are conveyed on a conveyor while an alternating magnetic field of a plurality of frequencies is applied to each and a detection means detects what sort of induced magnetic field has resulted from the eddy current induced in the battery. The orthogonal components in the change of the induced magnetic field are detected; the relationship between these orthogonal components and the frequencies are compared with the database of the same which is previously obtained, and the batteries are sorted according to their classification and size. This method can sort large amounts of used batteries continuously. In this invention, the battery will be drawn down into the detection region either magnetically or mechanically while the stable transport of the battery is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tanii, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Shiro Honnmura, Takeo Kamimura, Takahiko Hirai, Masaaki Kurokawa, Reizou Miyauchi