US 12,290,821 B2
Electric pulse decomposition method, composite material, and composite material decomposition method
Satoshi Oyama, Saitama (JP); Naoki Kishimoto, Tokyo (JP); Chiharu Tokoro, Tokyo (JP); Soowon Lim, Tokyo (JP); Taketoshi Koita, Tokyo (JP); Masataka Kondo, Tokyo (JP); and Takao Namihira, Kumamoto (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., (JP); WASEDA UNIVERSITY, (JP); and NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP); WASEDA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo (JP); and NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, Kumamoto (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,841.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-067819 (JP), filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323967 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B02C 19/18 (2006.01); H01B 7/38 (2006.01); H01B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 19/18 (2013.01) [H01B 7/38 (2013.01); B02C 2019/183 (2013.01); H01B 15/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric pulse decomposition system for separating a composite material by an electric pulse, the electric pulse decomposition system comprising the composite material being obtained by bonding or joining a predetermined first conductor and a predetermined second conductor to each other with an insulating member, the composite material comprising:
a protrusion provided in at least one of the first conductor and the second conductor to protrude toward the other conductor; and
the insulating member to be applied in a region including a site where the protrusion is provided and bonding or joining the first conductor and the second conductor to each other,
the electric pulse decomposition system further comprising:
electrodes provided in one-to-one correspondence with the first conductor and the second conductor each electrode being in contact with a surface of the corresponding first or second conductor; and
a pulse generator configured to separate the first conductor and the second conductor by applying an electric pulse between the electrodes to destroy the insulating member.