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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. 27, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Mockenhaupt, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fel-Pro Incorporated, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277-9 ; 2772 / ;
Abstract
A multi-layer metal gasket having aligned positioning and preform openings, with segments of the preform opening closely abutting the positioning openings to prevent relative lateral movement of the layers and with tabs of the preform opening underlying one of the other gasket layers to prevent relative vertical movement. A method of making such a gasket is also disclosed.