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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. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas P Plunkett, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277593 ; 277595 ;
Abstract
An inventive multi-layered cylinder head gasket includes a metallic base plate with an inner peripheral edge spaced radially outwardly from a cylinder bore opening and a metallic compensating plate thicker than the base plate. The base plate includes a stopper section comprising an integral flange folded about an inner peripheral edge of the compensating plate and terminating at a free edge adjacent the inner peripheral edge of the base plate.