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Friction welding method for joining a rim and a disc of a disk wheel

EP 0486755 B1 · Applicant: A & S Corporation

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  • Filed June 7, 1991 and granted November 29, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 2011.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by December 7, 2016.
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FiledJune 7, 1991
PublishedMay 27, 1992
GrantedNovember 29, 1995
Term endedJune 7, 2011
Application numberEP 91109360
Classification (CPC)B60B31/00 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJune 7, 1991PublishedMay 27, 1992Patent grantedNov 29, 1995Term endedJune 7, 2011

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