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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:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
May. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph A Pecina, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2772 / ; 1231933 ;
Abstract
A cylinder head gasket for use in a marine engine adapted to be cooled by the water in which the engine is running, the engine having a non-ferrous alloy cylinder head and a non-ferrous alloy engine block, both the block and cylinder head preferably being made of aluminum alloy. The gasket includes a metallic sheet forming a core, the core having upper and lower surfaces, layers of facing material securely disposed upon those upper and lower surfaces, and wherein the electrolytic solution potential of the metallic sheet is approximately equal to the respective electrolytic solution potentials of the engine block and the cylinder head.