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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alexander Bockenheimer, Overrath, DE;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24297 ; 241146 ; 24289 ; 411908 ;
Abstract
A closure element is provided made of plastic, particularly for sealing off at least one opening 2, 3 in at least one support member 20, 30, in particular, in a automotive body, the closure element including a head section 4 located above the support, and a basic body portion 5 extending through the support 20, 30. At least one region of the closure element is made of a material which expands under the influence of temperature. The basic body portion 5 and the head section 4 of the closure element 1' is preferably formed of a single piece of thermal plastic material, which, is with increased thermal influence, media-tight bondable via a gluing action within the openings 2, 3.