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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jeffery A. Foster, North Aurora, IL (US);
Thomas P. Plunkett, Aurora, IL (US);
Dennis F. Person, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 11/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 11/002 (2013.01); F16J 15/0825 (2013.01); F16J 2015/085 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0856 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0862 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gasket is provided having a first metallic layer and a second metallic layer. Both layers have combustion openings where each opening is surrounded by an edge of the layer. The first layer defines several beads and lands unitary with one another. A coating is located within one of the beads of the first layer and below the associated lands. The second layer has several lands and a bead in a particular orientation with respect to the beads and lands of the first layer.