US 12,466,339 B2
Partition
Tobias Kizler, Sandhausen (DE); Georg Manuel Siegel, Neckarsteinach (DE); Stefan Kochert, Reilingen (DE); Dario Miguel Santinho Ferreira, Wiesenbach (DE); Jochen Becker, Angelbachtal (DE); and Ralph Dalhaeuser, Viernheim (DE)
Assigned to HENKEL AG & CO. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf (DE)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/172,635.
Application 18/172,635 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/073629, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20193282 (EP), filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202407 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 13/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/0823 (2013.01) [B62D 25/00 (2013.01); B62D 29/002 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A partition for sealing and/or supporting a cavity, the partition comprising:
a carrier comprising a stationary portion and a movable portion that is configured to move relative to the stationary portion; and
an expansion material on the carrier, wherein the expansion material is configured to expand from an initial state to an expanded state by activation,
wherein the carrier comprises at least one compensation element, between the stationary portion and the movable portion, the at least one compensation element configured to bend to provide variability of an effective sealing surface of the carrier when a force due to the expansion of the expansion material is acting on the carrier, and
wherein the carrier further comprises a limiting element on the carrier and that is configured to limit bending of the at least one compensation element to limit the change in the effective sealing surface of the carrier.