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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Kenji Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Toru Takasu, Toyota, JP;
Kazuya Yoshijima, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/0825 (2013.01); F16J 2015/085 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0862 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0868 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0875 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metal gasketincludes a pair of bead platesandhaving a cylinder holecorresponding to a cylinder bore, a full beadsurrounding the cylinder hole, a first intermediate plateinterposed between the pair of bead plates, and a shim plateinterposed between the first intermediate plate and one bead plate in an area around the cylinder hole. The shim plateis disposed to overlap with the full bead, and the thickness of a contact portionto contact with the shim plateof the first intermediate plate changes in the peripheral direction of the cylinder hole.