Patents by Inventor Kiichiro Amano

Kiichiro Amano 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).

  • Alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method
    Patent number: 10113214
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method that has excellent extraction efficiency and allows repeated use of an aqueous solution that extracts an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal from a solid. The alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method is a method for extracting an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal from a solid containing the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal, the method including an elution step in which the solid is added to a neutral amino acid-containing aqueous solution or an amino acid-containing mixed aqueous solution produced by mixing a pH adjusting agent with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a neutral amino acid, an acidic amino acid and a basic amino acid so as to elute the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal in the neutral amino acid-containing aqueous solution or the amino acid-containing mixed aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoshiki Wakimoto, Satoshi Fujii, Yukinori Ryonaga, Kiichiro Amano, Toshiya Kojima, Shu Yamaguchi, Shogo Miyoshi
  • ALKALI METAL AND/OR ALKALI EARTH METAL EXTRACTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20150167118
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method that has excellent extraction efficiency and allows repeated use of an aqueous solution that extracts an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal from a solid. The alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal extraction method is a method for extracting an alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal from a solid containing the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal, the method including an elution step in which the solid is added to a neutral amino acid-containing aqueous solution or an amino acid-containing mixed aqueous solution produced by mixing a pH adjusting agent with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a neutral amino acid, an acidic amino acid and a basic amino acid so as to elute the alkali metal and/or alkali earth metal in the neutral amino acid-containing aqueous solution or the amino acid-containing mixed aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoshiki Wakimoto, Satoshi Fujii, Yukinori Ryonaga, Kiichiro Amano, Toshiya Kojima, Shu Yamaguchi, Shogo Miyoshi