Metal laminate gasket with inner projection connecting mechanisms

A metal laminate gasket for an internal combustion engine having at least two cylinder bores, comprising:

• a first metal plate extending substantially throughout an entire area of the engine and including at least two first holes corresponding to the cylinder bores of the engine, an intermediate area located between the two first holes, and two openings situated in the intermediate area and facing against each other relative to an imaginary line linking between centers of the first holes,
• sealing means formed around the first holes of the first metal plate for sealing therearound, and
• a second metal plate situated on the first metal plate and having one second hole, said second hole having an inner configuration corresponding to parts of inner configurations of the cylinder bores and larger than the first holes and a narrow area situated on the intermediate area of the first plate, said second plate having projecting areas with edges located outside the narrow area and situated in the intermediate area, said edges, when the first and second metal plates are assembled, passing through the openings of the first plate and located at a side opposite to a side that the second plate is disposed so that the edges of the second plate are fixed to the intermediate area of the first plate.