EP2871255A4 - Steel material, process for producing same, and lng tank - Google Patents

Steel material, process for producing same, and lng tank

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Publication number: EP2871255A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: steel material; producing same; lng tank; lng; tank
Prior art date: 2013-06-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP13887092.8A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP2871255A1 (en

EP2871255B1 (en

Inventor

Tomoya Kawabata

Takayuki Kagaya

Takahiro Kamo

Hironori Wakamatsu

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Nippon Steel Corp

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Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

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2013-06-19

Filing date

2013-06-19

Publication date

2016-01-06

2013-06-19 Application filed by Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp filed Critical Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

2015-05-13 Publication of EP2871255A1 publication Critical patent/EP2871255A1/en

2016-01-06 Publication of EP2871255A4 publication Critical patent/EP2871255A4/en

2017-05-03 Application granted granted Critical

2017-05-03 Publication of EP2871255B1 publication Critical patent/EP2871255B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2033-06-19 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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PCT/JP2013/066825 WO2014203347A1 (en)	2013-06-19	2013-06-19	Steel material, process for producing same, and lng tank

Publications (3)

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EP2871255A1 EP2871255A1 (en)	2015-05-13
EP2871255A4 true EP2871255A4 (en)	2016-01-06
EP2871255B1 EP2871255B1 (en)	2017-05-03

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EP (1)	EP2871255B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP5561442B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR101572786B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN104520461B (en)
WO (1)	WO2014203347A1 (en)

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