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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Vincent Belpaire, Brussels, BE;
Dominique Mellano, Petit-Roelux Lez Braine, BE;
Norman Blank, Rueschlikon, CH;
Juergen Finter, Zurich, CH;
Vincent Belpaire, Brussels, BE;
Dominique Mellano, Petit-Roelux Lez Braine, BE;
Norman Blank, Rueschlikon, CH;
Juergen Finter, Zurich, CH;
Sika Technology AG, Baar, CH;
Abstract
A structural reinforcement material is provided that includes a base material selected from thermosets, low viscosity thermoplastics with short transition phases and low viscosities, low melting point metallic alloys, and combinations thereof. At STP, the structural reinforcement material is a solid or a formable dough or a mixture thereof. When heated to an activation temperature, the structural reinforcement material becomes flowable into a cavity. Following cooling, the structural reinforcement material is a solid or a thermoset with a strength sufficient to reinforce the cavity. A structural reinforcement insert comprising the structural reinforcement material is also provided, as is a reinforced cavity of an automobile and a method of reinforcing a cavity.