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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:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerome G Belter, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277598 ; 277630 ;
Abstract
A metal gasket is utilized for sealing two metal surfaces clamped together by a pair of bolts. A first metal plate has at least two apertures for receiving the bolts. The bolts have a major thread diameter and a minor thread diameter. At least one of the apertures has a first inner diameter larger than the major diameter with a plurality of retainer tabs extending radially inwardly to define a second inner diameter larger than the minor thread diameter and smaller than the major thread diameter.