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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. 10, 1999
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Miszczak, Frankfort, IL (US);
Edward Locke, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fel-Pro Incorporated, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277313 ; 277593 ; 277601 ; 298883 ;
Abstract
A head gasket and method for making and using the same is provided wherein the head gasket includes a wire ring which has been preflattened. The preflattened ring facilitates broad load distribution and is preferably used in an internal combustion engine having a bi-metallic engine block-head arrangement wherein the head is composed of a soft metal.