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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuro Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ishikawa Gasket Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2772 / ; 2772 / ; 277236 ;
Abstract
A steel laminate gasket of the invention is used for an internal combustion engine having at least one hole to be sealed. The gasket comprises first and second plates for constituting the steel laminate gasket, a sealing device formed around holes of the first and second plates, and at least one seal protecting member provided at a part of a peripheral portion of the gasket near the holes of the first and second plates. When the gasket is tightened, the seal protecting member receives a part of the tightening force applied to the sealing means to thereby protect the sealing means.