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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Applicant:
Oliver Hegmann, Bischofsheim, DE;
Inventor:
Oliver Hegmann, Bischofsheim, DE;
Assignee:
ElringKlinger AG, Dettingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/02 (2006.01); F02F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Flat gasket with a gasket plate comprising at least one sheet metal layer, at least one fluid through-opening to be sealed, and a plurality of screw through-openings, the sheet metal layer having at least one supporting element for receiving pressing forces, and the supporting element being in the form of a bead stamped into the sheet metal layer; in order to improve the durability of the supporting bead while in operation, the bead is designed so as to form with its bead crest, in a plan view of the sheet metal layer, an endless continuous line closed within itself, so that the bead does not have any free bead ends.