IP Library Granted Patent US 6,923,450
Granted Patent B2
US 6,923,450 · App. 10/399,011 · Granted Aug 2, 2005

Multi-layered steel gasket

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Patent No.
US 6,923,450
App. No.
10/399,011
Granted
Aug 2, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-layered steel gasket,for example a cylinder head gasket, having at least one through opening, for example for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, in which at least three active metallic gasket layers are disposed one above the other; beads being formed in at least two gasket layers around the through opening(s); and a first bead-shaped, plastically deformable deformation limiter being disposed in a spacer sheet, which is disposed between these two gasket layers, on the side adjacent to the beads.

Claims (13)

1. A multilayered steel gasket comprising:

at least three active gasket layers each having at least one bead and at least one through-opening; wherein said beads are formed around said through-opening;

a spacer sheet having a first bead-shaped plastically deformable deformation limiter; wherein said active gasket layers are disposed one above the other, and wherein said spacer sheet is disposed between two of said active gasket layers such that said first deformation limiter is adjacent to one of said at least one bead; and

a sheet layer having a second deformation limiter, wherein said sheet layer is disposed between at least two of said active gasket layers, and wherein said second deformation limiter is disposed adjacent to said beads.

2. A multilayered gasket according to claim 1 , wherein said second deformation limiter comprises at least one fold adjacent to said through-opening.

3. A multilayered steel gasket comprising:

at least three active gasket layers each having at least one bead and at least one through-opening; wherein said beads are formed around said through-opening;

a spacer sheet having a first bead-shaped elastically deformable deformation limiter; wherein said active gasket layers are disposed one above the other, and wherein said spacer sheet is disposed between two of said active gasket layers such that said first deformation limiter is adjacent to one of said at least one bead; and

a stopper ring forming a third deformation limiter, said stopper ring being disposed between two of said active gasket layers, and between said bead and said through-opening of said active gasket layers.

4. A multilayered gasket according to claim 3 , further comprising a bead packet, said bead packet including one of said beads disposed above a second of said beads.

5. A multilayered gasket according to claim 3 , wherein said beads are present on two active gasket layers, all deformed in the same direction.

6. A multilayered gasket according to claim 3 , wherein a third active gasket layer has a bead deformed in a direction opposite to said beads of said two active gasket layers.

7. A multilayered gasket according to claim 3 , wherein said first deformation limiter has a concave side, and wherein said concave side is at least partially filled with a hardcoating.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2008
From: DANA CORPORATION
To: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 020540/0476 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2003
From: UNSELD, GUNTHER; LUDWIG, JOSEF
To: DANA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014411/0684 →