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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:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joe Inciong, Skokie, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fel-Pro Incorporated, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2771675 ; 2772 / ;
Abstract
A sealing assembly for sealing a valve cover and a head, including an elastomeric gasket with a pair of oppositely directed wedges sealing in complementary wedge-shaped recesses in the valve cover flange and head and having a complementary wedged-shaped configuration, and a barrier strip in the gasket extending into each of the oppositely directed wedges to effect a seal internally of the gasket and to prevent flow of fluid through the gasket.