ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,922, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Sealing plug" was invented by Gerit Vollmer (Linden, Germany), Jan Muller (Wurzburg, Germany) and Albert Sbongk (Niederstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing plug is provided for closing holes in objects, in particular for closing holes in motor vehicles or in components of motor vehicles. The sealing plug includes a base wall and at least one first circumferential side wall connected thereto, wherein the sealing plug is formed at least in regions from a thermoplastic adhesive material based on styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS)...