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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Amy Ann Lindblad, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Julian Richard Knudsen, Waukesha, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gasket system for sealing a cover about an opening having a gasket seat thereabout is provided. The gasket seat has a number of fastener receiving elements that is greater than a number of fasteners used with the cover. The gasket may include a body having a shape configured to mate with a sealing surface of at least one of the gasket seat and the cover, the body having an open center. The gasket may also include a fastener receiving opening in the body for each of the first number of fastener receiving elements in the gasket seat, and a raised rib extending from a surface of the body adjacent to at least one of the third number of fastener-free receiving elements in the gasket seat.