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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
Michael Mickelson, Gurnee, IL (US);
Michael Mickelson, Gurnee, IL (US);
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A gasket (″) and () for disposition between a fuel injector () and a cylinder head () comprises compressible polymer layers () and incompressible and flat metal layers () sandwiched between the polymer layers. In the embodiments of FIGS., a polymer body () is disposed radially inwardly of the incompressible layer () or layers () and includes a bead portion () thicker than the total thickness of the incompressible and polymer layers (), and () and (). The body () also includes a recess portion () having a thickness less than the total thickness to define a recess () adjacent the bead portion (). The bead portion () is disposed radially between the recess portion () and the incompressible layer (or).