Gasket assembly having isolated compression limiting device

1. An air intake manifold gasket assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a carrier frame have a plurality of air intake openings corresponding to associated air ports of an intake manifold and a cylinder block;

an elastomeric sealing material molded to said carrier frame about said air intake openings in said carrier frame, said elastomeric sealing material forming inner peripheral openings about said air intake ports and having outwardly extending elastically compressible sealing beads to form an air tight seal about said air ports between the intake manifold and the cylinder block; and

at least one compression limiting device formed separately from said carrier frame, said at least one compression limiting device being molded to said carrier frame between at least one of said inner peripheral openings and said carrier frame, wherein said compression limiting device has opposite compression limiting surfaces for engaging the intake manifold and the cylinder block and further comprising a locator pin extending outwardly from one of said compression limiting surfaces.

2. The air intake manifold gasket assembly of claim 1 further comprising a bolt hole extending through said opposite compression limiting surfaces for receipt of a bolt to fasten the intake manifold to the cylinder block.