US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 28 for "Closing plug" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,952, issued on July 28, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Closing plug" was invented by Albert Sbongk (Niederstetten, Germany), Viviane Reibel (Creglingen, Germany) and Manuel Huebner (Aub, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a closing plug is provided for closing through-openings in components, such as components of motor vehicles. The closing plug includes a base body made from a hard component with a closing wall for covering a through-opening, and a sealing/fastening device made from a soft component. The soft component is configured to be sealed and connected to a wall of a carrier compo...