Metal gasket

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Patent No.: US 8,470,098
App. No.: 12/045,215
Granted: Jun 25, 2013
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A metal gasket includes embossments that exhibit essentially full functional recovery and full retained internal stress at temperatures up to about 1000° F. which is made from sheet material that is cold rolled and whose embossments are work hardened without any post embossment heat treating that would act to harden the material. This material may also receive a precipitation hardening heat treatment prior to being embossed. The gasket materials include alloys having greater than about 18% Ni, greater than about 14% Cr, from about 0.1 to 10% of at least one of Mo, Ti, V, Al, Co, Nb, Ta or Cu and the balance Fe with incidental impurities, which are cold rolled without any post embossment heat treating that would act to harden the material.

Claims (18)

1. A metal gasket, comprising:

a gasket sheet having at least one embossed sealing bead made from an alloy comprising, by weight: greater than 18% nickel; greater than 14% Cr; 0.1-10% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ti, V, Al, Co, Nb, Ta and Cu; and the balance substantially Fe, said gasket sheet having a residual cold-worked microstructure as embossed and, wherein said embossed sealing bead is sealably operable with substantially full recovery in a fully-clamped, sealed joint at a temperature up to about 1000° F.

2. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said cold-worked microstructure has a degree of deformation that varies as a function of a percentage of cold reduction.

3. The gasket of claim 2 , wherein said percentage of cold reduction ranges from 10-70%.

4. The gasket of claim 3 , wherein said percentage of cold reduction ranges from 30-40%.

5. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said deformed microstructure further comprises a deformed and precipitation hardened microstructure, wherein said deformed and precipitation hardened microstructure has a hardness which is greater than a hardness of said deformed microstructure.

6. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said Ni is present at 18-28% and Cr at 18-23%.

7. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said Ni is present at 18-28% and Cr at 18-22%.

8. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said Ni is present at 26-28% and Cr at 20.5-23%.

9. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said Ni is present at 24-55%, Cr at 13.5-21%, Mo at 1-3.3%, Ti at 0.65-2.3%, B at 0.001-0.01%, and at least one of Nb or Ta present at 4.75-5.5%.

10. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said Ni is present at 24-27%, Cr at 13.5-16%, Mo at 1.0-1.5% and Ti at 1.9-2.3%.

11. The gasket of claim 1 , wherein said Ni is present at 50-55%, Cr at 17-21%, Mo at 2.8-3.3%, Ti at 0.65-1.15%, Al at 0.35-0.80%, B at 0.001-0.006%, and at least one of Nb or Ta present at 4.75-5.5%.

12. A metal gasket, comprising:

a gasket sheet having at least one cold-worked embossed sealing bead made from an iron-nickel-chromium alloy, said embossed sealing bead having a residual cold-worked microstructure as embossed and being sealably operable with substantially fall recovery in a fully-clamped, sealed joint at a temperature up to about 1000° F.

13. The metal gasket of claim 12 , wherein said iron-nickel-chromium alloy comprises, by weight: greater than 18% nickel; greater than 13.5% Cr; 0.1-10% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ti, V, Al, Co, Nb, Ta and Cu; and the balance substantially Fe.

14. The metal gasket of claim 13 , wherein said Ni is present at 18-28% and Cr at 18-23%.

15. The metal gasket of claim 13 , wherein said Ni is present at 24-55%, Cr at 13.5-21%, Mo at 1-3.3%, Ti at 0.65-2.3%, B at 0.001-0.01%, and at least one of Nb or Ta present at 4.75-5.5%.

16. The metal gasket of claim 13 , wherein said Ni is present at 50-55%, Cr at 17-21%, Mo at 2.8-3.3%, Ti at 0.65-1.15%, Al at 0.35-0.80%, B at 0.001-0.006%, and at least one of Nb or Ta present at 4.75-5.5%.

Assignments (22)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2025

From: TENNECO INC.

To: FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC

Reel/Frame 072553/0043 →

MERGER Recorded Oct 25, 2023

From: FEDERAL-MOGUL LLC (DELAWARE)

To: TENNECO INC

Reel/Frame 065337/0273 →

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Apr 7, 2023

From: TENNECO INC.; DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.; FEDERAL-MOGUL CHASSIS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.; THE PULLMAN COMPANY

To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT

Reel/Frame 063268/0506 →

NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Nov 22, 2022

From: DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC.; FEDERAL-MOGUL CHASSIS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.; TENNECO INC.; THE PULLMAN COMPANY

To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT

Reel/Frame 061989/0689 →

RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2022