# US 9,751,685 B2 · Extending and separating element for packaging

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- Number: US 9,751,685 B2
- Document ID: US9751685B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/747,725
- Filed: 2015-06-23
- Published: 2016-11-17
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2015-05-15
- Assignees: Jofund S/A
- Applicants: Jofund S/A
- Inventors: Marcos Alexandre Boettcher Sebben; Frederico Prates Vericimo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751685B2

## CPC

- B65D 85/02: for annular articles (for web or tape-like material wound in flat spiral form B65D85/671)
- B65D 21/0228: {Containers joined together by screw-, bayonet-, snap-fit or the like, (B65D21/0211, B65D21/0231 take precedence)}
- B65D 21/083: {by means of additional elements, e.g. modular}
- B65D 25/10: Devices to locate articles in containers {(for protecting articles from mechanical damage B65D81/02)}
- B65D 85/58: for ball bearings, washers, buttons or like spherical or disc-shaped articles
- B65G 57/005: {by using insertions or spacers between the stacked layers}
- A47F 7/04: for tyres; for wheels {(holders for bicycles B62H3/00)}
- B65D 2571/00043: Intermediate plates or the like
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS

## Abstract

The present invention refers to an extending and separating element (1) to be used in packaging, particularly packaging for automotive parts, such as brake disks and/or drums, clutch disk, wheel hub, or any other parts of similar formats for automotive vehicles. The extending and separating element (1) is intended to be connectable between the base (B) and a cover (T) of packaging (E), so as to allow the appropriate placing of two parts (P) in the same packaging, and provide structural advantages for the aforesaid packaging (E) when assembled. The aforesaid extending and separating element (1) is formed of an intermediary disk (2), which separates a first ring projection (3) from a second ring projection (4), configured to receive the base (B) and the cover (T).

## Claims

### Claim 1

An Extending and Separating Element for Packaging (E) including a base (B)
and a cover (T), comprising:
an intermediary disk (2);
a first ring projection (3) arranged on a first side of the intermediary disk (2) along a peripheral region (20) of the intermediary disk (2);
a second ring projection (4) arranged on a second side of the intermediary disk (2) along the peripheral region (20) of the intermediary disk (2), the second side is opposite to the first side;
wherein the first ring projection (3) includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion connects to the first side of the intermediary disk (2) directly and has a thickness greater than a thickness of the upper portion, thus a step structure is formed between the upper portion and the lower portion on an inner surface of the first ring projection (3) or on an outer surface of the first ring projection (3);
wherein the second ring projection (4) includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion connects to the first side of the intermediary disk (2) directly and has a thickness greater than a thickness of the upper portion, thus a step structure is formed between the upper portion and the lower portion on an inner surface of the second ring projection (4) or on an outer surface of the second ring projection (4);
wherein the intermediary disk (2) has a central portion convex from the second side of the intermediary disk (2), and at least one opening is formed on the central portion of the intermediary disk (2);
wherein the lower portion of the second ring projection (4) has an inner surface and a plurality of structural ribs (6) are formed on the inner surface of the lower portion of the second ring projection (4), and the plurality of structural ribs (6) are also directly connected to the second side of the intermediary disk (2) along the peripheral region (20).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The Extending and Separating Element for Packaging (E) according to claim 1, wherein intermediary disk (2) has at least one identification region (8) formed on the first side of the intermediary disk (2) for storing materials.