Patents by Inventor Takuya YOKOTA

Takuya YOKOTA 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).

  • Patent number: 10865462
    Abstract: A method for processing lithium ion battery scrap includes a leaching step of leaching lithium ion battery scrap and subjecting the resulting leached solution to solid-liquid separation to obtain a first separated solution; an iron removal step of adding an oxidizing agent to the first separated solution and adjusting a pH of the first separated solution in a range of from 3.0 to 4.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing iron in the first separated solution to obtain a second separated solution; and an aluminum removal step of neutralizing the second separated solution to a pH range of from 4.0 to 6.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing aluminum in the second separated solution to obtain a third separated solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ito, Junichi Arakawa, Takuya Yokota, Naoki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10807879
    Abstract: A method for processing lithium ion battery scrap according to this invention includes a leaching step of leaching lithium ion battery scrap to obtain a leached solution; an aluminum removal step of neutralizing the leached solution to a pH range of from 4.0 to 6.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing aluminum in the leached solution to obtain a first separated solution; and an iron removal step of adding an oxidizing agent to the first separated solution and adjusting the pH in a range of from 3.0 to 5.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing iron in the first separated solution to obtain a second separated solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ito, Junichi Arakawa, Takuya Yokota, Naoki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10443111
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for removing iron from an iron-containing solution containing an iron ion, comprising adding a lithium ion battery cathode material containing manganese to an acidic sulfuric acid solution to obtain a cathode material-containing solution, and then precipitating a manganese ion as manganese dioxide in a mixed solution obtained by mixing the iron-containing solution with the cathode material-containing solution while precipitating the iron ion contained in the iron-containing solution as a solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Arakawa, Junichi Ito, Takuya Yokota
  • Publication number: 20190106768
    Abstract: A method for processing lithium ion battery scrap includes a leaching step of leaching lithium ion battery scrap and subjecting the resulting leached solution to solid-liquid separation to obtain a first separated solution; an iron removal step of adding an oxidizing agent to the first separated solution and adjusting a pH of the first separated solution in a range of from 3.0 to 4.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing iron in the first separated solution to obtain a second separated solution; and an aluminum removal step of neutralizing the second separated solution to a pH range of from 4.0 to 6.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing aluminum in the second separated solution to obtain a third separated solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi ITO, Junichi ARAKAWA, Takuya YOKOTA, Naoki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190084839
    Abstract: A method for processing lithium ion battery scrap according to this invention includes a leaching step of leaching lithium ion battery scrap to obtain a leached solution; an aluminum removal step of neutralizing the leached solution to a pH range of from 4.0 to 6.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing aluminum in the leached solution to obtain a first separated solution; and an iron removal step of adding an oxidizing agent to the first separated solution and adjusting the pH in a range of from 3.0 to 5.0, then performing solid-liquid separation and removing iron in the first separated solution to obtain a second separated solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi ITO, Junichi ARAKAWA, Takuya YOKOTA, Naoki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180073098
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for removing iron from an iron-containing solution containing an iron ion, comprising adding a lithium ion battery cathode material containing manganese to an acidic sulfuric acid solution to obtain a cathode material-containing solution, and then precipitating a manganese ion as manganese dioxide in a mixed solution obtained by mixing the iron-containing solution with the cathode material-containing solution while precipitating the iron ion contained in the iron-containing solution as a solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi ARAKAWA, Junichi ITO, Takuya YOKOTA