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Spring produced by a process comprising coiling a hard drawn steel wire excellent in fatigue strength and resistance to setting

US7763123B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 2009
Grant dateJul 27, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/479
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a hard-drawn spring which exhibits fatigue strength and sag resistance equal or superior to springs produced using an oil-tempered wire. The hard-drawn spring is produced using a steel wire containing 0.5 to 0.7 mass % of C, 1.0 to 1.95 mass % of Si, 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of Mn and 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of Cr, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. In the steel wire, the number of carbides having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 μm or more is 5 particles/100 μm2 or less.

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