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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Applicant:
Frank W. Popielas, Plainfield, IL (US);
Inventor:
Frank W. Popielas, Plainfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/00 (2006.01); C22C 19/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gasket system is described and depicting having a gasket located between and sealing a cylinder head and a cylinder block. The gasket has a first metal layer and a second metal layer adjacent said first metal layer. The second metal layer has a bead region and a stopper region. At least a portion of the bead region has a predetermined tensile strength and a predetermined range of yield strength.