Patent ID: 7455350
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A configuration for sealing or sound-proofing a cavity having an inner wall, comprising: a retaining device having two separately produced half-shells, one of said half-shells having an inner contour, said half-shells being latched to one another using a latching device with said half-shells disposed at a distance from one another forming an interspace between said half-shells except at said inner contour, said latching device configured for engaging with the inner wall of the cavity and for attaching said half shells to the inner wall of the cavity, said two half-shells being a first half-shell and a second half-shell, said first half-shell having said inner contour, said second half-shell having a region corresponding to said inner contour, said latching device including a latching opening disposed within said inner contour of said first half-shell and a corresponding latching rib disposed in said region of said second half-shell, and a mushroom-shaped latching element disposed on said second half-shell and a corresponding latching cylinder disposed on said first half-shell; and a heat-expansible element constructed as a contoured ring-like plate with an inner circumference substantially corresponding to said inner contour, said heat-expansible element being retained in said interspace.