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US 12,013,035 B2Granted
Cylinder head gasket assembly
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
InventorsAbel Contreras, Sean Smith, Brent Loomis
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Abstract
A cylinder head gasket assembly includes a gasket and a wire. The gasket has a first side, a second side, and a cylinder bore opening extending through the first side and the second side. The gasket has a wall on the first side. The wall extends axially along the cylinder bore opening. The gasket has a ledge extending from the wall into the cylinder bore opening at the second side. The wire is ring-shaped. The wire is on the ledge and extends along the wall. Wax adheres the wire to the ledge.
Claims20
A cylinder head gasket assembly comprising:
- a gasket having a first side, a second side, and a cylinder bore opening extending through the first side and the second side;
- the gasket having a wall on the first side, the wall extending axially along the cylinder bore opening;
- the gasket having a ledge extending from the wall into the cylinder bore opening at the second side;
- a wire that is ring-shaped, the wire being on the ledge and extending along the wall;
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- wax adhering the wire to the ledge;
- the cylinder bore opening has an axis;
- the wall extends around the axis of the cylinder bore opening;
- the gasket has an inner wall extending around the axis of the cylinder bore opening;
- the ledge has a surface extending radially from the wall to the inner wall and terminating at the wall and the inner wall;
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- the wire is on the surface and the wax adheres the wire to the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.