EP2980240A4 - High-strength steel wire material exhibiting excellent cold-drawing properties, and high-strength steel wire - Google Patents

High-strength steel wire material exhibiting excellent cold-drawing properties, and high-strength steel wire

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EP2980240A4
EP2980240A4 EP14773951.0A EP14773951A EP2980240A4 EP 2980240 A4 EP2980240 A4 EP 2980240A4 EP 14773951 A EP14773951 A EP 14773951A EP 2980240 A4 EP2980240 A4 EP 2980240A4
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steel wire
strength steel
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exhibiting excellent
excellent cold
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Tomonobu Ishida
Nao Yoshihara
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Kobe Steel Ltd
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EP14773951.0A 2013-03-27 2014-03-10 High-strength steel wire material exhibiting excellent cold-drawing properties, and high-strength steel wire Not-in-force EP2980240B1 (en)

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JP2013067465A JP5977699B2 (en) 2013-03-27 2013-03-27 High-strength wire for high-strength steel wire, high-strength steel wire, high-strength galvanized steel wire, and manufacturing method thereof
PCT/JP2014/056103 WO2014156573A1 (en) 2013-03-27 2014-03-10 High-strength steel wire material exhibiting excellent cold-drawing properties, and high-strength steel wire

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EP2980240A1 EP2980240A1 (en) 2016-02-03
EP2980240A4 true EP2980240A4 (en) 2016-11-09
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US (1) US20160010196A1 (en)
EP (1) EP2980240B1 (en)
JP (1) JP5977699B2 (en)
KR (1) KR20150121081A (en)
CN (1) CN105051232B (en)
BR (1) BR112015024878A2 (en)
CA (1) CA2900341A1 (en)
MX (1) MX2015013692A (en)
WO (1) WO2014156573A1 (en)
ZA (1) ZA201505818B (en)

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JP2014189855A (en) 2014-10-06
CA2900341A1 (en) 2014-10-02
EP2980240A1 (en) 2016-02-03
KR20150121081A (en) 2015-10-28
MX2015013692A (en) 2016-02-26
CN105051232A (en) 2015-11-11
ZA201505818B (en) 2017-02-22
WO2014156573A1 (en) 2014-10-02
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