US 12,246,776 B2
System for insulating a structural element
Thomas Gasparri, Mignault (BE); and Nicolas Brichet, Zürich (CH)
Assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG, Baar (CH)
Appl. No. 17/269,426
Filed by SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG, Baar (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072884
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043739, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18192073 (EP), filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0179191 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B29C 65/52 (2006.01); B60R 13/08 (2006.01); B62D 27/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/18 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/20 (2013.01) [B29C 65/525 (2013.01); B60R 13/083 (2013.01); B62D 27/00 (2013.01); B29C 44/18 (2013.01); B29C 44/188 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3002 (2013.01); B62D 25/00 (2013.01); B62D 29/002 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for insulating a structural element in a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
a structural element having a first constituent part and a second constituent part, the constituent parts being joined together at a first joining point and at a second joining point, and the structural element forming a cavity;
a device having a carrier, the carrier being arranged on the structural element by virtue of a fastening element; and
an expandable adhesive, which is arranged on the structural element or on the carrier by pumping or by extruding within the structural element,
wherein the carrier and the expandable adhesive are formed and arranged in such a way that the carrier delimits the expandable adhesive in at least one direction as the adhesive expands, and
a distance between the carrier and the structural element in the at least one direction is smaller than a distance between the carrier and the structural element in a direction opposite to the at least one direction.