Dana Corporation

Stefan Obermaier

Josef Ludwig

Gunther Unseld

The invention concerns a cylinder head gasket for sealing the region between cylinder head and a cylinder block having a cylinder liner of an internal combustion engine, comprised of at least one sealing sheet that has at least one combustion chamber passage opening and a combustion chamber crimp running around the combustion chamber passage opening, where a stop serving as a path limiter for the combustion chamber crimp is provided on the side of the combustion chamber crimp facing away from the combustion.chamber passage opening and which stop encloses the combustion chamber crimp laterally, where at least one sealing sheet has at least two concentric combustion chamber crimps, which are enclosed laterally by the stop.

Cylinder head gasket

The invention pertains to a cylinder head gasket ( ) for sealing a region between the cylinder head and the cylinder block of a combustion engine, comprising at least one sealing plate ( ) that features several adjacent combustion chamber passages ( ) and a corresponding combustion chamber bead ( ) running around the combustion chamber passage ( ), wherein there is a stopper ( ) that acts as a displacement limiter for the combustion chamber bead, wherein the stopper is interrupted in the region ( ) between two combustion chamber passages ( ) and extends essentially over the entire area of the sealing plate ( ) where there are no openings.

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Rorschach, Switzerland

Stefan Obermaier