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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Yoshitaka Abe, Toyonaka, JP;
Hironobu Imanaka, Toyonaka, JP;
Kazuhiko Ikeda, Toyonaka, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Toyonaka, JP;
Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A metal gasket comprising a least one gasket sheet, wherein a hardness lowering region having a locally lowered hardness is formed in the gasket sheet in at least either a portion to be set to have a large elongation or a portion to be lowered in a spring constant. Also disclosed is a metal gasket manufacturing process comprising: the step of forming an opening of a desired size in registration with a cylinder bore in an elastic metal sheet as a material for making a gasket sheet composing a metal gasket; the step of annealing a portion, as corresponding to the first hardness lowering region in the gasket sheet, of the elastic metal sheet; and the step of forming a folded portion by folding back the vicinity of the opening.