Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Honma

Yoshihiro Honma 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).

  • Publication number: 20240387892
    Abstract: There is provided a recycled cathode material precursor, including: a metal element ? consisting of at least one of nickel, cobalt and manganese; and a metal element ? consisting of at least one of iron, copper and aluminum, wherein a content of the metal element ? is 0.5 to 20% by mass in the recycled cathode material precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: DOWA ECO SYSTEM CO., LTD., AKITA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tatsuya YODOSE, Ryoei WATANABE, Yoshihiro HONMA, Seiji KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 12107244
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Honma, Norio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20240243381
    Abstract: A method of separating valuable materials. The method includes a heat treatment step of performing a heat treatment on a lithium-ion secondary battery including valuable materials, a crushing step of crushing a heat-treated product obtained in the heat treatment step, and a classification step including a first classification step of classifying a crushed product obtained in the crushing step into a coarse-particle product and an intermediate product at a classification cut-point of 0.6 mm or greater and 2.4 mm or less, and a second classification step of classifying the intermediate product into a medium-particle product and a fine-particle product at a classification cut-point of 40 ?m or greater and 300 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka YAMASHITA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Jiahao LIU, Shota TAHATA, Changzhi LIU
  • Publication number: 20230411719
    Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable substance from a lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The method includes a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a lithium ion secondary battery containing aluminum, carbon, and a copper foil as constituting materials, and a wet sorting step of applying an external force to a thermally treated product obtained in the thermal treatment step in the presence of a liquid, to sort the thermally treated product into a heavy product and a light product containing copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE, Masataka YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230366061
    Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable substance is provided. The method includes a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a target containing a valuable substance using a continuous furnace configured to thermally treat the target while moving a target storing unit, in which the target is stored, such that the target storing unit is not contacted by a flame that is for thermal treatment, and a valuable substance recovering step of recovering the valuable substance from a thermally treated product of the target obtained in the thermal treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE, Masataka YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230323506
    Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable substance is provided. The method includes a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a target, which contains a valuable substance and is stored in a target storing unit, via a flame blocking unit configured to block a flame for thermally treating the target such that the target storing unit is not contacted by the flame, and a valuable substance recovering step of recovering the valuable substance from a thermally treated product of the target obtained in the thermal treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE, Masataka YAMASHITA, Youichi FUKUCHI, Tomotaka IZUMI, Yoshiki ITO
  • Publication number: 20230318063
    Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable substance is provided. The method includes: a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a target containing a valuable substance while supporting a target storing unit, in which the target is stored, by a supporting unit that can support the target storing unit, wherein the thermally treating includes heating a gas present in a region, in which the supporting unit is positioned, by a flame for thermally treating the target such that the target storing unit is not contacted by the flame; and a valuable substance recovering step of recovering the valuable substance from a thermally treated product of the target obtained in the thermal treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji SUGANUMA, Hiroki NAGAHARA, Minoru YOSHIHARA, Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Ryoei WATANABE, Yoshihiro HONMA, Masataka YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230119544
    Abstract: Provided is a method for concentrating a valuable metal contained in a lithium ion secondary battery, for processing a lithium ion secondary battery containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel, or a positive electrode material of the lithium ion secondary battery, to concentrate a valuable metal containing either or both of cobalt and nickel. The method includes a thermal treatment step of thermally treating the lithium ion secondary battery or the positive electrode material thereof, to form a granular aggregate containing at least one valuable metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoei WATANABE, Yoshihiro HONMA, Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Masataka YAMASHITA, Jiahao LIU
  • Publication number: 20230104457
    Abstract: Provided is a method for recovering lithium, for recovering lithium from a lithium ion secondary battery, the method including: a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a lithium ion secondary battery having a residual voltage higher than or equal to 80% of a rated voltage, to obtain a thermally treated product; a pulverizing step of pulverizing the thermally treated product, to obtain a pulverized product; and a lithium recovering step of recovering lithium from the pulverized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE, Masataka YAMASHITA, Yoshiki ITO, Yoshitaka YOSHIWARA
  • Publication number: 20230107938
    Abstract: A method for recovering valuable substance, for recovering it from lithium ion secondary battery includes: thermal treatment step of thermally treating lithium ion secondary battery to obtain thermally treated product; pulverizing/classifying step of classifying pulverized product obtained by pulverizing thermally treated product, to obtain coarse and fine-grained products both containing valuable substance; water leaching step of immersing fine-grained product in water, to obtain water-leached slurry; wet magnetic sorting step of subjecting water-leached slurry to wet magnetic sorting, to sort water-leached slurry into magnetically attractable materials and non-magnetically attractable material slurry; and acid leaching step of adding acidic solution to either or both of non-magnetically attractable material slurry recovered by wet magnetic sorting and non-magnetically attractable materials obtained by solid-liquid separation of non-magnetically attractable material slurry to leach non-magnetically attractab
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE, Masataka YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230083016
    Abstract: Provided is a sorting method for valuable resources, including a thermal treatment step of thermally treating a target containing valuable resources, to melt aluminum and separate a melt, a pulverizing step of pulverizing a thermally treated product remaining after the melt is separated, to obtain a pulverized product, a magnetic sorting step of sorting the valuable resources from the pulverized product by a magnetic force, and a wind force sorting step of sorting one valuable resource from another valuable resource in the valuable resources by a wind force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya YODOSE, Ryoei WATANABE, Hitoshi SASAKI, Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA
  • Publication number: 20220396852
    Abstract: Provided is a method for separating lithium from a lithium solution containing lithium by 200 mg/L or more and fluorine by 20 mg/L or more, the method including: a first removal step of adding a first component, which solidifies the fluorine contained in the lithium solution, to the lithium solution and removing the fluorine solidified to obtain a F-removed liquid; and a second removal step of adding a second component, which solidifies the first component remaining in the F-removed liquid, to the F-removed liquid and removing the first component solidified to obtain a first component-removed liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11482737
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Honma, Norio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20210210807
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Norio NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210210806
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro HONMA, Norio NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9359659
    Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable material from a lithium-ion secondary battery, the method contains: roasting a lithium-ion secondary battery containing a valuable material in a metal battery case thereof to obtain a roasted material; stirring the roasted material with liquid to separate contents containing the valuable material from the inside of the metal battery case; and sorting the contents separated by the separation and the metal battery case to obtain a recovered material containing the valuable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: DOWA ECO-SYSTEM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Fujita, Satoshi Kawakami, Yoshihiro Honma, Ryoei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130287621
    Abstract: A method for recovering a valuable material from a lithium-ion secondary battery, the method contains: roasting a lithium-ion secondary battery containing a valuable material in a metal battery case thereof to obtain a roasted material; stirring the roasted material with liquid to separate contents containing the valuable material from the inside of the metal battery case; and sorting the contents separated by the separation and the metal battery case to obtain a recovered material containing the valuable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Koji FUJITA, Satoshi KAWAKAMI, Yoshihiro HONMA, Ryoei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8553050
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal processing apparatus applicable to various LCD panels. This video signal processing apparatus includes a format converting unit which converts first-format image data into second-format image data, a point sequential converting unit which converts the second-format image data into point sequenced data, a resizing unit which resizes the point sequenced data, a line memory which stores the resized point sequenced data, and an output control unit which controls to continuously read out the point sequenced data from the line memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zenya Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro Honma, Shin Takagi
  • Patent number: 8508610
    Abstract: By setting an area for displaying OSD data, a high-intensity part of this area is highlighted and an area which is not to be highlighted is set. Also, by performing translucent display of the OSD data and natural-image data, an area which is not to be highlighted can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Honma
  • Patent number: 8388927
    Abstract: Scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound particles in which the particle surface layer part comprise an iron-rich layer having an Fe/As molar ratio of at least 1.24. The particles can be obtained in a reaction process of feeding an oxygen-containing gas to an aqueous solution containing an arsenic(V) ion and an iron(II) ion to precipitate a scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound crystal at a pH of at most 2, in which an oxidizing agent is further added to the liquid before the end of the reaction (treatment A). The particles may also be obtained by a method comprising keeping a scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound particle of good crystallinity in contact with an iron ion-containing aqueous solution having a controlled pH of from 2 to 9 at 0 to 90° C. (treatment B). The scorodite-type iron-arsenic particles have good filterability and excellent arsenic release-preventing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Inoue, Haruhiro Otani, Yoshihiro Honma