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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerd Durr, Neustadt/Pfalz, DE;
Wolfgang Baudisch, Siebeldingen/Pfalz, DE;
Georg Reuther, Hochstadt/Pfalz, DE;
Assignee:
Heinrich Gillet GmbH & Co. KG, Edenkoben, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60323 ; 60322 ; 285405 ; 285412 ; 277598 ;
Abstract
A flange for attaching an exhaust manifold to an engine block. The flange having two layers of sheet metal plates accurately connected to each other and having openings which are aligned with the cylinder outlets of the engine block, and attachment openings which are placed on stay bolts on the engine block. The flange includes at least two flange portions, whereby the plates of adjacent flange portions overlap in the area at least of one attachment opening. The contact surfaces can have a slide coating in the overlap area.