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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Federal-mogul Motorparts Llc, Southfield, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey R. Gross, Chicago, IL (US);

Brent J. Loomis, Chicago, IL (US);

Wilford Dean Virgin, Spring Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:

Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC, Southfield, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/0818 (2013.01); F16J 2015/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gasket includes an endless loop of sealing material. The endless loop includes a first segment, a second segment, and a sinuous segment extending from the first segment to the second segment. The gasket includes fastener sections defining fastener holes. The fastener holes extends through the fastener sections. The sinuous segment is between two of the fastener holes. A lip is in each fastener hole. The lip extends from the fastener section into the fastener hole and extends around the circumference of the fastener hole. The sinuous segment retains the gasket in a groove of a cover, and the lip retains a fastener in a fastener hole of the cover.


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