ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,078, issued on March 18, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).
"Insulating element" was invented by Henrik Lindgren (Feluy, Belgium) and Dimitri Marcq (Tubize, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulating element for sealing off a structural element in a motor vehicle, including a carrier and an expandable material that is arranged on the carrier. The insulating element has a top side and a bottom side which, in a state of use, are aligned substantially in a plane of a cross section of the structural element that is to be sealed off. In addition, the insulating element has at least one guide element, by mea...