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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Mockenhaupt, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fel-Pro Incorporated, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ; F16B / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277-95 ; 277-9 ; 277 11 ; 2772 / ; 411533 ;
Abstract
A gasket defining a service opening of a bolt hole. The bolt hole has one or more spaced beams which engage and grip a bolt and which resist removal of the bolt. Each beam is spaced inwardly of the outer wall of the bolt hole and will flex along its length without fracturing. The beams may be cantilever beams or may be connected at both ends of the beam to the wall of the bolt hole. The beams are long and narrow and are at least four times as long as they are wide.