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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joel Edmund Wiegert, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/512 ;
Abstract
A cylinder head gasket is installed on an engine block having a single push rod cavity that includes a generally rectangular opening defining opposing long and short edges. The rectangular opening is bridged by a plurality of material strips parallel to the short edges and connected at each end to the opposed long edges. Each strip includes a hole adapted to receive and support a push rod prior to assembly of the cylinder block to the head.