US 12,434,781 B2
System and method for attaching insulating elements to structural elements
Henrik Lindgren, Feluy (BE); and Wolf-Peter Sander, Nidderau (DE)
Assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG, Baar (CH)
Appl. No. 18/270,561
Filed by SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG, Baar (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/052620
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/171521, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21156674 (EP), filed on Feb. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059364 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 65/022 (2013.01) [B62D 65/024 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for mounting insulating elements on structural elements in motor vehicles, said system comprising:
multiple insulating elements provided in at least one stack in which each of the multiple insulating elements are in direct contact with at least another one of the multiple insulating elements;
at least one structural element of a motor vehicle; and
a robot;
wherein the robot is designed to be able to take respective individual insulating elements from the stack and arrange them on structural elements, and
wherein the insulating elements each comprise:
a carrier; and
an expandable material disposed on the carrier;
and each insulating element has a top side and a bottom side which, in a state of use, are substantially aligned in a plane of a cross section of the structural element that is to be sealed off.