IP Library Granted Patent US 10,727,546
Granted Patent B2
US 10,727,546 · App. 15/566,814 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Method for treating lithium ion battery

Inventors: Shojiro Usui (Hitachi, JP); Nobuaki Okajima (Hitachi, JP)
Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
H01M10/54C22B1/005C22B7/00C22B7/001C22B7/005C22B21/0023C22B23/021C22B26/12H01M10/0525Y02P10/214Y02P10/234Y02W30/84
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Patent No.
US 10,727,546
App. No.
15/566,814
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for treating at least one lithium ion battery enclosed in a housing containing aluminum, comprising heating the lithium ion battery using a combustion furnace in which a combustion object is incinerated by flames, while preventing the flames from being directly applied to the housing of the lithium ion battery.

Claims (15)

1. A method for treating at least one lithium ion battery enclosed in a housing containing aluminum, comprising:

heating the lithium ion battery using a combustion furnace in which a combustion object is incinerated by flames, while preventing the flames from being directly applied to the housing of the lithium ion battery, wherein in the combustion furnace, the lithium ion battery is disposed in a battery protection container for preventing the flames from being directly applied to the housing of the lithium ion battery,

wherein at least one heat insulating material is provided on at least one position on an outer surface of the battery protection container, which position is applied to the flames.

2. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the lithium ion battery in the combustion furnace is increased in an air atmosphere.

3. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery protection container has at least one gas venting hole for discharging a gas flowing out from the inside of the housing of the lithium ion battery to the outside of the battery protection container.

4. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein in the battery protection container, a filling material is arranged together with the lithium ion battery.

5. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 4 , wherein the filling material is in the form of powder.

6. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 5 , wherein the powder is alumina powder.

7. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 4 , wherein in the battery protection container, the entire lithium ion battery is embedded in the filling material.

8. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein after heating the lithium ion battery, the lithium ion battery maintains the state where the lithium ion battery is enclosed in the housing.

9. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 2 , wherein in the combustion furnace, the lithium ion battery is disposed in a battery protection container for preventing the flames from being directly applied to the housing of the lithium ion battery, and the flames are applied to an outer surface of the battery protection container.

10. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 3 , wherein in the battery protection container, a filling material is arranged together with the lithium ion battery.

11. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 5 , wherein in the battery protection container, the entire lithium ion battery is embedded in the filling material.

12. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 6 , wherein in the battery protection container, the entire lithium ion battery is embedded in the filling material.

13. The method for treating the lithium ion battery according to claim 2 , wherein after heating the lithium ion battery, the lithium ion battery maintains the state where the lithium ion battery is enclosed in the housing.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2024
From: JX ADVANCED METALS CORPORATION
To: JX METALS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068665/0857 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2024
From: JX METALS CORPORATION
To: JX ADVANCED METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068179/0696 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068050/0527 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2017
From: USUI, SHOJIRO; OKAJIMA, NOBUAKI
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044367/0350 →