Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.

Richco International Company Limited

Robert Mathias Reisel

Thomas O Zurfluh

Michael S Sadowski

Michael L Mickelson

Gregory Barclay

Christian Dudley Deas

A fixingfor fixing a circuit board to a housing. The fixing comprising a first connectorhaving an axis, at one end of which is a portion adapted to be connected to a housing, supporting member, circuit board or component. At the other end of the first connectorthere is a second portionaround which is moulded a damping meansThe fixing further comprises a second connectorhaving an axis at the end of which is a portion adapted to be connected to a housing, supporting member, circuit board or component and at the other end of which is a second portionaround which the damping meansis moulded, The first is connectoris coupled to the second connectorby the damping means

Fixing for mounting a circuit board or a component to a housing or a supporting member

A metal gasket assembly has a gasket plate and an annular grommet. The gasket plate is formed with an opening having opposing surfaces adjacent the opening to define a predetermined fixed thickness of a plate. The annular grommet has an elastically deformable U-shaped body. The U-shaped body has legs presenting outer sealing surfaces defining an initial undeformed thickness that is greater than the thickness of the gasket plate. The opening formed in the gasket plate receives the grommet. A compressive force applied in a generally perpendicular direction to the opposing surfaces of the gasket plate deform the legs of the body to a reduced thickness corresponding substantially to the thickness of the gasket plate. When the compressive force is reduced with changes in operating conditions, the legs of the grommet return toward their original undeformed thickness to maintain a seal.

Metal plate gasket

A cylinder head gasket includes a main gasket body having at least one cylinder opening, a wire sealing ring, and a metal armoring ensheathing the wire sealing ring. The metal armoring has a first annular flange portion extending beyond the cylinder opening in overlying relation to a first main surface of the main gasket body, a second flange portion opposite the first flange portion having a size no greater than that of the cylinder opening, and a curved portion joining the first and second flange portions. The cylinder opening is notched to receive lock tabs of the second flange portion through the main body, after which the metal armoring is rotated to offset the lock tabs from the notches to lock the armoring and sealing ring within the cylinder opening.

High strength crack-resistant armor material in a cylinder head gasket

A gasket having a plurality of superposed windings of a profiled metal strip spirally wound upon itself around a central axis, a plurality of windings of a strip of graphite interposed between at least some of the superposed windings of the metal strip, and a solid ring of graphite on the O.D. Two or more of the radially intermost windings on the I.D. are in surface-to-surface contact with each other without interposed sealing material.

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Robert Mathias Reisel