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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2022
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Gerit Vollmer, Linden, DE;

Jan Müller, Würzburg, DE;

Albert Sbongk, Niederstetten, DE;

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/24 (2006.01); B60R 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

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) such that the material is carbonated at a temperature of up to 600° C. such that the sealing plug remains dimensionally stable and elastic.


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