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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128099 | Gasket A gasket may have at least one metallic layer with at least one combustion gas through-opening and at least one fastener through-opening. The fastener through-opening may be at least partially circumferentially bounded by a deformation limiter having a plurality of ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7793943 | Metal gasket A metal gasket is formed by first and second metal base plates laminated together. The first metal base plate includes one first half bead around the hole, and a first outer sub-bead section. The first outer sub-bead section is smaller than the first half bead, and ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7753378 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine with a cylinder bore and a fluid hole includes a first metal plate having a curved portion around the cylinder bore and a folded portion extending from the curved portion, and a second metal plate laminated on... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7497442 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket includes a metal plate having at least one cylinder bore and a plurality of bolt holes arranged around the at least one cylinder bore. A bead is formed on the metal plate to surround the at least one cylinder bore. The bead has at least one po... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7442422 | Process for creating a seal on a component Process for the creation of a seal on a component, in which on one surface of the component which may be pre-treated, a sealant material is applied using screen printing, and by means of a tool at a specific temperature, the geometry of the finished seal is imprinte... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431306 | Metallic gasket A metallic gasket including a base plate having a convex metal bead formed, by bending the base plate, between a combustion chamber opening and on the outer periphery portion of the base plate, and a first thickness-increased portion formed thicker than the remainin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401790 | Metal gasket with rigid seal A seal joint for sealing a fluid is particularly adapted for use in extreme pressure and/or temperature environments. The seal joint includes a first member having a first sealing surface and a first opening therein, and a second member having a second sealing surfa... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377520 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket is used for an engine having a cylinder liner and a cylinder block. The gasket includes first to third metal plates laminated together. The first metal plate includes a base portion, a curved portion, a flange extending from the curved portion... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367566 | Metal gasket A metal gasket for sealing multiple cylinder bores includes one or more metal substrates, main sealing beads around each of the cylinder bores, and one or more sub-beads. The main sealing beads include meandering portions located in a sealing portion between the cyl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354047 | Gasket material A gasket material to be mounted on an engine of a vehicle, including: a metal plate; a film made from silica and a reaction product of an acid component and metal or a metallic compound; and a rubber layer formed on at least one of opposite surfaces of the metal pla... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347176 | Gasket with leak conduit A gasket (200) includes a metal substrate (202) that has a first opening (204) and a second opening (216) formed therein. A first sealing bead (208) substantially surrounds the first opening (204). A second sealing bead (... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334800 | Seal for a gas turbine engine having improved flexibility A seal extending between adjacent slots of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The seal comprises a plurality of generally planar members fixed together along a central axis. The outer member further comprises rounded ends that encompass the second and plurality of t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311310 | Cylinder head gasket In order to achieve good sealing in both a cold and a warm engine by sealing features which are as simple as possible, an at least substantially metallic cylinder head gasket comprises a gasket plate with only one layer of sheet steel extending over the entire gaske... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293779 | MLS gasket with bore edge stopper bead A gasket includes an intermediate layer having resilient sealing beads flanked by stopper beads. The three-layer gasket, particularly designed for heavy duty racing engines, provides a relatively robust cross-section in web-areas between cylinder bore apertures. A t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255353 | Flexible graphite sealing joint with metal jacket for high temperature The seal can be used at high temperature. It is composed of a central flexible graphite core (10) maintained in its shape by two metal cups (12) that do not touch. It is all surrounded by a tight sheath (15) enabling the flexible core (10... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252902 | High-temperature resistant seal The invention relates to a high-temperature resistant seal, particularly a seal for use in a high-temperature fuel cell. The inventive seal comprises a structured metallic layer having at least one area on whose surface a filler is placed. The filler is comprised, i... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234433 | Cylinder sleeve support for an internal combustion engine The disclosed multi-cylinder, poppet-valved engine, has replacement cylinder sleeves larger than the original sleeves, and laterally supported near their upper ends by an aluminum alloy plate having a continuous flange or boss projecting into the cylinder block. The... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234706 | Sealing system for multiple fluids A seal (301) has a first surface capable of contacting a valve cover (101) over a first fluid while a second surface, opposed to the first surface, is capable of contacting a seal seat (303). The seal (301) also has a third surface capabl... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234705 | Sealing gasket with flexible stopper A sealing gasket assembly includes one or more carriers each having an offset flexible stopper portion spaced laterally outwardly away from an offset inner sealing portion that is adjacent an opening or other area requiring sealing between mating members adapted to ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213813 | Metal gasket A metal gasket with a hole to be sealed includes first and second metal base plates laminated together. The first metal base plate has a first main bead around the hole, and a first outer sub-bead section smaller than the first main bead and provided outside the fir... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185893 | Metallic flat seal and method for the production thereof The present invention concerns a metallic flat gasket with at least one sealing layer with at least one port, with a sensor layer corresponding to the ports being deposited on at least one surface of the sealing layer. This sensor layer consists of a compression pro... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182058 | Exhaust manifold gasket A multi-use gasket assembly includes at least two lobes each having a fluid-conveying opening with an associated axis. Four mounting holes are formed in each of the lobes about the openings. The gasket has symmetry across a plane of symmetry containing the axes of t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7137631 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket is provided for dealing with gas leak between cylinder bores of an engine with a reduced size and rigidity. A cylinder head gasket is formed of one or more metal plates. One metal plate is provided with a first bead, a second bead, and a third... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131649 | Metal gasket A metal gasket is formed by first and second metal base plates. The first metal base plate has a first main bead, and first outer and inner sub-bead sections formed outside and inside the first main bead and projecting outwardly in a direction opposite to the first ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108268 | Metal laminate gasket A metal laminate gasket includes two surface plates, and an intermediate plate. The second surface plate has a folded-back piece folded back around a sealing hole and disposed on a first bead of the first surface plate surrounding the sealing hole. The first plate h... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097178 | Gasket with integral channel and port seal A novel gasket is provided for filling the space between two mating surfaces on components in an automotive transmission. The gasket includes one or more patches of silicone integrated into a portion of the gasket for providing one or more channels through the gaske... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089903 | Vibration control arrangement for internal combustion engines In an internal combustion engine including a valve actuating mechanism, a vibration control member made of vibration control alloy is interposed in a path of vibration transmission between a camshaft and a cylinder head. The vibration control alloy has a vibration i... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073795 | Metallic gasket A metallic gasket having a first seal line SL1 arranged in a manner to encircle the peripheral edge of an exhaust gas hole 3, a second seal line SL2 arranged along the outer peripheral edge of a base plate 2, and full beads 6, 7 fo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070187 | Gasket assembly A gasket assembly includes a plurality of carriers. Each carrier has at least one non-sealing aperture and at least one sealing aperture. The sealing aperture has a seal which extends around a perimeter of the sealing aperture and is attached to the carrier. The plu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063327 | Sealing element A sealing element, especially a flat seal, consisting of a metal-supported elastomer material, containing sealing profiles that are offset form one another, between which, at given intervals, elements that provide acoustic de-coupling, also made of elastomer materia... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059609 | Metal gasket with cold formed stopper A multilayer metal gasket has a pair of outer active layers separated by an intermediate layer. The outer active layers are formed with at least one pair of aligned apertures and sealing beads surrounding the apertures in radially outwardly spaced relation thereto p... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055830 | Metal laminate gasket A metal laminate gasket includes a first plate, intermediate plate and a second plate laminated together. The first plate has a curved portion for defining a hole to be sealed, and a flange extending outwardly from the curved portion. The intermediate plate is situa... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025358 | Metallic gasket A metallic gasket comprising a base plate having a first thickness-increased portion 3 formed at a peripheral edge on a combustion chamber opening 3 side of a base plate, and a first seal line SL1 and a second seal line SL2 arranged on th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017918 | Combustion stopper seal A gasket having a gasket plate formed with an aperture. An annular flange provides a stopper seal around the aperture. The flange has spaced areas of varying thickness. The gasket is formed by punching an opening in the gasket plate inwardly of an annular array of b... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017917 | Seal structure in engine body A crankcase is coupled to a lower end face of a cylinder block of an engine and includes first and second case halves coupled to each other in a plane perpendicular to joint surfaces of the cylinder block and the crankcase. A U-shaped seal groove is defined in one o... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014194 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine is basically formed by first and second metal plates laminated together. The first metal plate includes a base portion, a first hole to be sealed formed in the base portion, a curved portion extending from the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014193 | Gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected lo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011313 | Metal gasket A metallic gasket including a base plate having a convex metal bead formed, by bending the base plate, between a combustion chamber opening and on the outer periphery portion of the base plate, and a first thickness-increased portion formed thicker than the remainin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000924 | Flat gasket and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a flat gasket comprising at least one metallic layer, in which at least one continuous opening is made, whereby the or at least one metallic layer (1) is provided, at least in areas, in the shape of an undulated and/or serrated profil... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997463 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket is provided for dealing with gas leak between cylinder bores of an engine with a reduced size and rigidity. A cylinder head gasket is formed of a single metal plate provided with beads around cylinder bores. The bead has a portion formed in a ... | 02/14/2006 |
