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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1995
David J Schweiger, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
An improved gasket insert assembly for use in a gasket that is adapted to seal a high pressure fluid opening includes a gasket body with opposed upper and lower faces, and an opening defined by an inner periphery of the gasket body. A sealing member is positioned within the opening of the gasket body by means of plurality of integral tabs extending radially outwardly from an outer periphery of the sealing member. A tab pair is formed by two of the tabs being in close circumferential proximity and a plurality of tab pairs are circumferentially spaced about the outer periphery of the sealing member. The tabs of each tab pair are compressed into opposing faces of the gasket body such than an outer face of the tabs is flush with an outer face of the gasket body to transversely center the sealing member within the gasket opening. A compressible laminate is bonded to the sealing member to improve sealing.