Patents by Inventor Norio Nakajima
Norio Nakajima 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).
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Patent number: 11482737Abstract: There is provided a means capable of recovering a valuable material such as cobalt and nickel, with a low grade of a metal derived from a negative electrode current collector, a low grade of fluorine, and a low grade of a material derived from a negative electrode active material. A method for recovering a valuable material from a lithium ion secondary battery, is characterized in that it includes: a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on a lithium ion secondary battery; a crushing step of crushing a heat-treated object obtained through the heat treatment step; a classification step of classifying a crushed object obtained through the crushing step into a coarse particle product and a fine particle product; and a wet magnetic separation step of performing wet magnetic separation on the fine particle product obtained through the classification step.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Honma, Norio Nakajima
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Publication number: 20210210807Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable material from a lithium ion secondary battery includes: a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on a lithium ion secondary battery; a crushing step of crushing a heat-treated object obtained through the heat treatment step; a first stage of classification step of classifying a crushed object obtained through the crushing step based on a classification point of 1.2 to 2.4 mm, and a second stage of classification step of classifying an intermediate product and a fine particle product obtained on a fine side in the first stage of classification step based on a classification point of 0.3 mm or less; and a dry magnetic separation step of repeating one time or more a step of performing dry magnetic separation on an intermediate product obtained on a coarse side in the second stage of classification step and performing dry magnetic separation again.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Norio NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20210210806Abstract: There is provided a means capable of recovering a valuable material such as cobalt and nickel, with a low grade of a metal derived from a negative electrode current collector, a low grade of fluorine, and a low grade of a material derived from a negative electrode active material. A method for recovering a valuable material from a lithium ion secondary battery, is characterized in that it includes: a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on a lithium ion secondary battery; a crushing step of crushing a heat-treated object obtained through the heat treatment step; a classification step of classifying a crushed object obtained through the crushing step into a coarse particle product and a fine particle product; and a wet magnetic separation step of performing wet magnetic separation on the fine particle product obtained through the classification step.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Norio NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 10657508Abstract: A product storage device includes: a main gate that is swingably provided to advance and move away from a product storage column, that advances to an advanced position, and that allows a downstream-most product to be taken out; a sub-gate that is swingably provided in association with the main gate; a sliding member that regulates the main gate from moving away and retracting from the product storage column; and a lever that allows the sliding member to be present at a regulation position, that switches to a regulation posture which regulates the sliding member from returning to the regulation position, and that then, when the main gate moves away from the product storage column in response to a take-out operation, switches to a standby posture when the main gate advances to the product storage column to allow the sliding member to return to the regulation position.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Hajime Erikawa, Katsuhiko Fukuda, Michihiko Makino, Takuya Sakatoku, Takuma Kakiuchi
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Patent number: 10055921Abstract: A coin processing apparatus houses received coins for each denomination of the coins and dispenses the housed coins in accordance with a coin output instruction. The coin processing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit that conveys the coins that are received and stored in an input section upwards one by one along a predetermined conveyance path, allows authenticity and a denomination of each coin to be checked by a checking section while the coin is conveyed, sorts the coins checked to be true coins by denomination, and dispenses the coin checked to be a false coin; and a coin output suspending unit that receives the coin dispensed from the conveyance unit, outputs the received coin from a dispensing outlet when a coin output command is given, and feeds the received coin to the input section when a feeding command is given.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Shibata, Kazuhiro Tomita, Takao Okuhara, Takuya Fukuura, Katsuya Nakajima, Norio Nakajima
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Publication number: 20180121898Abstract: A product storage device includes: a main gate that is swingably provided to advance and move away from a product storage column, that advances to an advanced position, and that allows a downstream-most product to be taken out; a sub-gate that is swingably provided in association with the main gate; a sliding member that regulates the main gate from moving away and retracting from the product storage column; and a lever that allows the sliding member to be present at a regulation position, that switches to a regulation posture which regulates the sliding member from returning to the regulation position, and that then, when the main gate moves away from the product storage column in response to a take-out operation, switches to a standby posture when the main gate advances to the product storage column to allow the sliding member to return to the regulation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Norio NAKAJIMA, Hajime ERIKAWA, Katsuhiko FUKUDA, Michihiko MAKINO, Takuya SAKATOKU, Takuma KAKIUCHI
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Patent number: 9922484Abstract: In a coin processing apparatus including a plurality of coin containers, each of the coin containers includes a housing guide and a screw-type conveyance member. The housing guide has both side sections paired in a left-right direction. The housing guide has lateral protrusions formed on inner surfaces of the paired side sections and protruding to extend close to each other. The screw-type conveyance member has a shaft having a cylindrical shape and a blade member spirally provided on an outer periphery of the shaft such that the blade member protrudes outward from the outer periphery, and is provided to the housing guide such that a part of the shaft and a part of the blade protrude upward in a space between the lateral protrusions and may rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The screw-type conveyance member is provided at an off-center position of the housing guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Shibata, Katsuya Nakajima, Takao Okuhara, Takuya Fukuura, Norio Nakajima
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Patent number: 9818252Abstract: A product discharging device includes: a lower pedal that is swingably disposed in a base to move forward to and backward from a product storage passage storing input products in a vertical direction; an upper pedal that is swingably disposed in a base to move forward to and backward from the product storage passage in an area above the lower pedal; and a pedal link that links the lower pedal and the upper pedal. The upper pedal moves backward by causing the pedal link to move downward and the lower pedal moves forward to regulate downward movement of the product in a standby state, and the upper pedal moves forward to come in contact with a second lowest product and the lower pedal moves backward to discharge a lowest product downward by causing the pedal link to move upward, in an activated state.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Yoshio Yasaka, Michihiko Makino, Tsutomu Iwako
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Patent number: 9811967Abstract: A product dispensing system includes: a first product discharging device that is applied to a first product storage passage storing an input product in a vertical direction, regulates downward movement of the product stored in the first product storage passage in a standby state, and discharges a lowest product stored in the first product storage passage downward in an activated state; and a second product discharging device that is applied to a second product storage passage being adjacent to the first product storage passage and storing an input product in the vertical direction thereof, regulates downward movement of the product stored in the second product storage passage in a standby state, and discharges a lowest product stored in the second product storage passage downward in an activated state. The first product discharging device and the second product discharging device are coupled to each other back to back.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Yoshio Yasaka, Michihiko Makino
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Patent number: 9710993Abstract: A product discharging device includes: a lower pedal that is swingably disposed to move forward to and backward from a product storage passage storing input products in a vertical direction; an upper pedal that is swingably disposed to move forward to and backward from the product storage passage in an area above the lower pedal; a pedal stopper pin that is coupled to a pedal link linking the lower pedal and the upper pedal and that is movable with movement in the vertical direction of the pedal link; and a rotation stopper of which a tip is linked to the lower pedal and that is swingably disposed to move forward to and backward from the product storage passage along with the lower pedal.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Michihiko Makino, Yoshio Yasaka, Norio Nakajima, Tsutomu Iwako
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Publication number: 20170154486Abstract: In a coin processing apparatus including a plurality of coin containers, each of the coin containers includes a housing guide and a screw-type conveyance member. The housing guide has both side sections paired in a left-right direction. The housing guide has lateral protrusions formed on inner surfaces of the paired side sections and protruding to extend close to each other. The screw-type conveyance member has a shaft having a cylindrical shape and a blade member spirally provided on an outer periphery of the shaft such that the blade member protrudes outward from the outer periphery, and is provided to the housing guide such that a part of the shaft and a part of the blade protrude upward in a space between the lateral protrusions and may rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The screw-type conveyance member is provided at an off-center position of the housing guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Yoshito SHIBATA, Katsuya NAKAJIMA, Takao OKUHARA, Takuya FUKUURA, Norio NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 9652924Abstract: A product discharging device includes: a lower pedal swingably arranged with a base in such a manner that a distal end thereof advances into and retreats from a product storage passage storing therein, along an up-and-down direction, products that are input thereto; an upper pedal swingably arranged with the base in a region above the lower pedal, in such a manner that a distal end thereof advances into and retreats from the product storage passage; and a sold-out detection switch configured to detect whether there is any product in the product storage passage by going into an ON state or an OFF state when the lower pedal is in a first standby posture and going into the OFF state or the ON state when the lower pedal is in a second standby posture.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshio Yasaka, Michihiko Makino, Norio Nakajima
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Publication number: 20170116807Abstract: A coin processing apparatus houses received coins for each denomination of the coins and dispenses the housed coins in accordance with a coin output instruction. The coin processing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit that conveys the coins that are received and stored in an input section upwards one by one along a predetermined conveyance path, allows authenticity and a denomination of each coin to be checked by a checking section while the coin is conveyed, sorts the coins checked to be true coins by denomination, and dispenses the coin checked to be a false coin; and a coin output suspending unit that receives the coin dispensed from the conveyance unit, outputs the received coin from a dispensing outlet when a coin output command is given, and feeds the received coin to the input section when a feeding command is given.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Yoshito SHIBATA, Kazuhiro TOMITA, Takao OKUHARA, Takuya FUKUURA, Katsuya NAKAJIMA, Norio NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20160196710Abstract: A product discharging device includes: a lower pedal that is swingably disposed in a base to move forward to and backward from a product storage passage storing input products in a vertical direction; an upper pedal that is swingably disposed in a base to move forward to and backward from the product storage passage in an area above the lower pedal; and a pedal link that links the lower pedal and the upper pedal. The upper pedal moves backward by causing the pedal link to move downward and the lower pedal moves forward to regulate downward movement of the product in a standby state, and the upper pedal moves forward to come in contact with a second lowest product and the lower pedal moves backward to discharge a lowest product downward by causing the pedal link to move upward, in an activated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Norio NAKAJIMA, Yoshio YASAKA, Michihiko MAKINO, Tsutomu IWAKO
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Publication number: 20160180630Abstract: A product discharging device includes: a lower pedal that is swingably disposed to move forward to and backward from a product storage passage storing input products in a vertical direction; an upper pedal that is swingably disposed to move forward to and backward from the product storage passage in an area above the lower pedal; a pedal stopper pin that is coupled to a pedal link linking the lower pedal and the upper pedal and that is movable with movement in the vertical direction of the pedal link; and a rotation stopper of which a tip is linked to the lower pedal and that is swingably disposed to move forward to and backward from the product storage passage along with the lower pedal,Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Michihiko MAKINO, Yoshio YASAKA, Norio NAKAJIMA, Tsutomu IWAKO
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Publication number: 20160180631Abstract: A product dispensing system includes: a first product discharging device that is applied to a first product storage passage storing an input product in a vertical direction, regulates downward movement of the product stored in the first product storage passage in a standby state, and discharges a lowest product stored in the first product storage passage downward in an activated state; and a second product discharging device that is applied to a second product storage passage being adjacent to the first product storage passage and storing an input product in the vertical direction thereof, regulates downward movement of the product stored in the second product storage passage in a standby state, and discharges a lowest product stored in the second product storage passage downward in an activated state. The first product discharging device and the second product discharging device are coupled to each other back to back.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio NAKAJIMA, Yoshio Yasaka, Michihiko Makino
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Publication number: 20160155286Abstract: A product discharging device includes: a lower pedal swingably arranged with a base in such a manner that a distal end thereof advances into and retreats from a product storage passage storing therein, along an up-and-down direction, products that are input thereto; an upper pedal swingably arranged with the base in a region above the lower pedal, in such a manner that a distal end thereof advances into and retreats from the product storage passage; and a sold-out detection switch configured to detect whether there is any product in the product storage passage by going into an ON state or an OFF state when the lower pedal is in a first standby posture and going into the OFF state or the ON state when the lower pedal is in a second standby posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Yoshio YASAKA, Michihiko MAKINO, Norio NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 8786132Abstract: A power supply device is used for an apparatus which includes a power generator and a parallel assembly including a main power supply and a load. The power supply device includes a input port connected to an output terminal of the power generator, an output port connected to the parallel assembly, an electric storage element charged with electric power generated by the power generator, a switching unit, a current switcher for restricting a current flowing from the main power supply to the electric storage element, a controller for controlling the power generator such that the voltage of the output port becomes a predetermined voltage. The switching unit is connected to the first input port, the output port, and the electric storage element. The switching unit connects the electric storage element, the power generator, and the parallel assembly in parallel to each other when the electric storage element is charged with the electric power generated by the power generator.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuki Morita, Yoshio Mizutani, Norio Nakajima
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Publication number: 20100308659Abstract: A power supply device is used for an apparatus which includes a power generator and a parallel assembly including a main power supply and a load. The power supply device includes a input port connected to an output terminal of the power generator, an output port connected to the parallel assembly, an electric storage element charged with electric power generated by the power generator, a switching unit, a current switcher for restricting a current flowing from the main power supply to the electric storage element, a controller for controlling the power generator such that the voltage of the output port becomes a predetermined voltage. The switching unit is connected to the first input port, the output port, and the electric storage element. The switching unit connects the electric storage element, the power generator, and the parallel assembly in parallel to each other when the electric storage element is charged with the electric power generated by the power generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuki Morita, Yoshio Mizutani, Norio Nakajima
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Patent number: 7808520Abstract: An exposure device includes a light emitting element; and an eccentric cam for adjusting a distance between the light emitting element and a light receiving member. The eccentric cam includes a shaft portion and a cam portion arranged eccentrically relative to the shaft portion. The cam portion includes a circumferential surface having a convex surface in an axial direction of the eccentric cam and a circular arc in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Oki Data CorporationInventor: Norio Nakajima