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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Applicants:
Günther Unseld, Neenstetten, DE;
Josef Ludwig, Niederstotzingen, DE;
Inventors:
Günther Unseld, Neenstetten, DE;
Josef Ludwig, Niederstotzingen, DE;
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a multi-layered steel gasket,for example a cylinder head gasket, having at least one through opening, for example for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, in which at least three active metallic gasket layers are disposed one above the other; beads being formed in at least two gasket layers around the through opening(s); and a first bead-shaped, plastically deformable deformation limiter being disposed in a spacer sheet, which is disposed between these two gasket layers, on the side adjacent to the beads.