Freudenberg-nok General Partnership

Paul F Hailey

Olivier Jeanne

Daniel Raillard

Romain Faure

A gasket includes a plurality of corner sections each having a cross-section having a width of at least a first dimension. A plurality of deformable sections are disposed between a pair of the plurality of corner sections, each of the plurality of deformable sections having a cross-section having a width less than the first dimension and having a curved shape that is deformable to a straight shape in its installed condition. The deformable sections allow the gasket to be formed with a smaller molding footprint than the assembled gasket shape and the plurality of corner sections have a same angled orientation in its installed and un-installed positions.

Gasket design for molding large gaskets in a deformed shape

A gasket is provided including a plurality of corner sections each having a cross-section having a width of at least a first dimension. A plurality of deformable sections are disposed between a pair of the plurality of corner sections, each of the plurality of deformable sections have a plurality of reduced width segments. The plurality of deformable sections have a curved shaped that is deformable to a straight shape in its installed condition, wherein the deformable sections allow the gasket to be formed with a smaller molding footprint than the assembled gasket shape and the plurality of corner sections have a same angled orientation in its installed and un-installed molded positions.

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Paul F Hailey