Patents by Inventor Kim ELSENBACH

Kim ELSENBACH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11913551
    Abstract: Housing seals and methods seal off a housing interior from a housing exterior. The housing seals and methods comprise an elastic adhesive strip that is arranged between a first housing element and a second housing element, wherein the adhesive strip comprises a first end portion having a first edge face, and a second end portion having a second edge face, wherein the adhesive strip and is arranged between the first housing element and the second housing element in such a way that the first and second edge faces lie substantially in a plane, the adhesive strip is arranged between the first housing element and the second housing element in a closed circulation, and the first edge face of the adhesive strip is in contact with the second edge face of the adhesive strip and forms a sealing gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Deniz Nick Akin, Wilhelm Watzke, Li Wang, Kim Elsenbach
  • Publication number: 20230111496
    Abstract: Housing seals and methods seal off a housing interior from a housing exterior. The housing seals and methods comprise an elastic adhesive strip that is arranged between a first housing element and a second housing element, wherein the adhesive strip comprises a first end portion having a first edge face, and a second end portion having a second edge face, wherein the adhesive strip and is arranged between the first housing element and the second housing element in such a way that the first and second edge faces lie substantially in a plane, the adhesive strip is arranged between the first housing element and the second housing element in a closed circulation, and the first edge face of the adhesive strip is in contact with the second edge face of the adhesive strip and forms a sealing gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Deniz Nick AKIN, Wilhelm WATZKE, Li WANG, Kim ELSENBACH
  • Publication number: 20230053665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing element with high sealing effect against air and moisture, which is easy to apply, and which moreover offers the possibility to reopen the sealed gap in an uncomplicated manner. Said solution is provided by an adhesive tape with differing adhesive power on the two main sides, which comprises a) a polymer foam layer and b) an outer adhesive compound layer and/or an outer thermoplastic film on one side of the polymer foam layer and is characterized in that, where the adhesive tape comprises an outer adhesive compound layer, the tape has a greater adhesive power on the side provided with the outer adhesive compound layer than on the opposing side and/or, where the adhesive tape comprises an outer thermoplastic film, the tape has a lower adhesive power on the side provided with the outer thermoplastic film than on the opposing side. The invention furthermore relates to the use of an adhesive tape according to the invention for sealing a joint between two components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Li WANG, Deniz Nixk AKIN, Kim ELSENBACH, Hannes DAG
  • Publication number: 20230041058
    Abstract: Housing seals and methods seal off a housing interior from a housing exterior. The housing seals and methods comprise a first elastic adhesive strip and a second elastic adhesive strip, the first and second adhesive strips being arranged between a first housing element and a second housing element. The first adhesive strip comprises a first end portion having a first front side and a first edge face, and a second end portion having a second front side and a second edge face, and is arranged between the first housing element and the second housing element such that the second housing element, with the exception of the application gap, in a closed circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Deniz Nick AKIN, Kim ELSENBACH, Li WANG, Wilhelm WATZKE
  • Patent number: 11208581
    Abstract: Thermally vulcanisable, meltable adhesives and processes have a meltable polybutadiene-polyurethane, ground sulphur and optionally at least one vulcanisation accelerator, at least one filling material, at least one epoxide resin, at least one tackifier resin, bitumen, at least one softener and further auxiliary and additive materials, wherein said adhesives and processes can be thermally vulcanised within a temperature range of 130° C. to 230° C., such that same, as well as an adhesive strip produced from same, can be used for adhesion and/or sealing in the automotive industry, as well as in structural work on oiled sheet metal, and in the painting line on e-coated or otherwise painted sheet metal, for example, for crimp fold adhesion, for crimp fold sealing, for seam sealing, for lining adhesion, for hole closure and much more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Dietze, Kim Elsenbach, Frank Hannemann, Björn Zeysing, Uwe Schümann, Matthias Seibert, Katja Meyer, Bernd Dietz, Jasmin Flucke, Amy Kaus
  • Publication number: 20210002521
    Abstract: An adhesive, more particularly a thermally curable, meltable, preferably pressure-sensitive adhesive, which is curable thermally from a temperature of 110° C., is storage-stable for approximately one month at 60° C. and longer than one year at 23° C., and an adhesive tape produced therefrom, comprising an epoxide-functionalized acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymer having on average more than 1.5 epoxide groups per molecule, and the ground reaction product of phthalic anhydride and diethylenetriamine, for use in the automotive industry both in bodyshell construction on oiled metal sheets and in the coating line on cathodically electrocoated or otherwise-coated metal sheets, for bonding and/or sealing, for example for hem fold bonding, for hem fold sealing, for seam sealing, for underseal bonding, for hole stopping, and much more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Uwe Schümann, Nicholas Buggy, Sebastian Dietze, Kim Elsenbach
  • Publication number: 20190218436
    Abstract: Thermally vulcanisable, meltable adhesives and processes have a meltable polybutadiene-polyurethane, ground sulphur and optionally at least one vulcanisation accelerator, at least one filling material, at least one epoxide resin, at least one tackifier resin, bitumen, at least one softener and further auxiliary and additive materials, wherein said adhesives and processes can be thermally vulcanised within a temperature range of 130° C. to 230° C., such that same, as well as an adhesive strip produced from same, can be used for adhesion and/or sealing in the automotive industry, as well as in structural work on oiled sheet metal, and in the painting line on e-coated or otherwise painted sheet metal, for example, for crimp fold adhesion, for crimp fold sealing, for seam sealing, for lining adhesion, for hole closure and much more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Sebastian DIETZE, Kim ELSENBACH, Frank HANNEMANN, Björn ZEYSING, Uwe SCHÜMANN, Matthias SEIBERT, Katja MEYER, Bernd DIETZ, Jasmin FLUCKE, Amy KAUS