Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Shimotori

Mitsuo Shimotori 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).

  • Recycling method and treatment device for battery pack
    Patent number: 9509025
    Abstract: A method of recycling a battery pack (10) that includes an assembled battery composed of a plurality of electric cells that are connected in series to one another includes a heating process of heating the battery pack (10) by supplying a vapor supplied from a vapor boiler (14) into a heat treatment bath (12) for heating the battery pack (10) to replace a space in the heat treatment bath (12) with the vapor, and a condensation process of condensing thermolysis products, which are discharged from the battery pack (10) through the heating process, by a condenser (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Iida, Keiji Shukuya, Mitsuo Shimotori
  • RECYCLING METHOD AND TREATMENT DEVICE FOR BATTERY PACK
    Publication number: 20140017621
    Abstract: A method of recycling a battery pack (10) that includes an assembled battery composed of a plurality of electric cells that are connected in series to one another includes a heating process of heating the battery pack (10) by supplying a vapor supplied from a vapor boiler (14) into a heat treatment bath (12) for heating the battery pack (10) to replace a space in the heat treatment bath (12) with the vapor, and a condensation process of condensing thermolysis products, which are discharged from the battery pack (10) through the heating process, by a condenser (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Shuji Iida, Keiji Shukuya, Mitsuo Shimotori