US Patent Issued to SIKA TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 8 for "Reinforcing element, system of a reinforced structural element and method for reinforcing a structural element" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,931, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Reinforcing element, system of a reinforced structural element and method for reinforcing a structural element" was invented by Noah Munzinger (Zurich, Switzerland), Denis Souvay (Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France) and Urs Rheinegger (Regensdorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcing element for reinforcing structural elements including at least one channel on an outer side. The outer side forms a shoulder next to the channel. Furthermore, the reinforcing element is provided for forming an open system in terms of an adhesion of the reinfo...