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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Darrell Drouillard, Tecumseh, CA;
Steven Dropps, Milford, MI (US);
Inventors:
Darrell Drouillard, Tecumseh, CA;
Steven Dropps, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gasket assembly for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head gasket and an exhaust manifold gasket. The cylinder head gasket and the exhaust manifold gasket have a common layer of gasket material. The gasket assembly is formed by stamping a cylinder head gasket portion for the engine in one region of a common layer of gasket material concurrently with stamping an exhaust gasket portion for the engine in an adjacent region of the common layer of material.