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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Tenneco Inc, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Thomas W. Swasey, Okemos, MI (US);
Carl Schenten, Clarkston, MI (US);
Mark Bowman, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
John Sas, Grayslake, IL (US);
Rolf Prehn, Wipperfuerth, DE;
Carlos Santiago, Deerfield, MI (US);
Tim O'Keefe, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Michael Shirilla, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas O. Zurfluh, Evanston, IL (US);
Kyle T. Roberts, Hickory, NC (US);
Tenneco Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A static gasket and method of construction thereof is provided. The gasket includes a functional layer constructed of one type of metal having an opening bounded by an inner periphery an outer periphery. The gasket further includes a carrier layer constructed of a different metal than the functional layer. The carrier layer has an opening bounded by an inner periphery configured to receive the outer periphery of the functional layer in a line-to-line or loose fit. The functional layer is configured in substantially coplanar relation with the carrier layer with a first portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer being welded to a radially aligned first portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer. A second portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer remains detached from a radially aligned second portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer.