US Patent Issued to SIKA TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 3 for "Reinforcing element for reinforcing a structural element" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,329, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Reinforcing element for reinforcing a structural element" was invented by Thomas Guilbert (Houdeng-Goegnies, Belgium) and Yannick Haegel (Villeneuve d'ascq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcing element for reinforcing a structural element of a motor vehicle includes a carrier and an expandable material arranged thereon. The carrier has a first side wall and a second side wall, and an intermediate member connecting the side walls. The reinforcing element is produced by an injection molding process, wherein the side walls are oriented substant...