Bimetallic static gasket and method of construction thereof

1. A method of constructing a static gasket, comprising:

providing first and second layers of metal constructed of different types of metal from one another;

forming the first layer into a functional layer having an opening configured to register circumferentially with an opening to be sealed and having an outer periphery;

forming the second layer into a carrier layer having an opening bounded by an inner periphery configured to receive the outer periphery of the functional layer therein;

disposing the outer periphery of the functional layer in the opening of the carrier layer such that the functional layer is in substantially coplanar relation with the carrier layer;

biasing a portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer into abutment with a radially aligned portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer;

welding the portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer to the radially aligned portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer;

forming a pair of functional layers having outer peripheries received in a single carrier layer inner periphery; and

forming a pair of carrier layers and arranging the pair of carrier layers in spaced, overlying relation with one another.

2. The method of claim 1 further including forming a third functional layer configured in mirrored relation to an adjacent one of the pair of functional layers and welding the third functional layer to a carrier layer spaced in overlying relation with the single carrier layer.

3. The method of claim 2 further including welding the third functional layer to an adjacent one of the pair of functional layers.