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(11) EP 4 323 128 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
21.02.2024 Bulletin 2024/08

(21) Application number: 22720891.5

(22) Date of filing: 24.03.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B21B 41/08(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B21B 41/08; B21B 2273/02; B21B 45/004
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2022/071299
(87) International publication number:
WO 2022/221807 (20.10.2022 Gazette 2022/42)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 13.04.2021 US 202163174076 P

(71) Applicant: Novelis Inc.
Atlanta, GA 30326 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PRALONG, Antoine Jean Willy
    Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US)
  • STANISTREET, Timothy F.
    Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US)
  • RAIS, Adolfo
    Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US)
  • ALDER, Hansjuerg
    Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US)
  • XAVIER, Renato Rufino
    Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 (US)

(74) Representative: Weickmann & Weickmann PartmbB 
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81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


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