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US 7,900,936 B2Granted
Metal gasket
AssigneeIshikawa Gasket Co., Ltd.
InventorToshihiro Imai
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Abstract
A metal gasket includes a first metal plate having positioning holes, and a second metal plate laminated under the first metal plate. The second metal plate has positioning projections facing corresponding positioning holes and fitted into the facing corresponding positioning holes. At least one of the positioning holes does not match the other of the positioning holes in case the position holes are overlapped, and at least one of the positioning projections is not fitted into the other of the positioning holes.
Claims12
A metal gasket, comprising:
- a first metal plate having a first hole to be sealed, the first metal plate having a peripheral edge, and first positioning holes, the first positioning holes being formed in the first metal plate so as to be located inboard of and separate from the peripheral edge, and
- a second metal plate laminated under the first metal plate, and having a second hole to be sealed, and positioning projections made by the second metal plate and integrally formed with the second metal plate, said positioning projections facing corresponding first positioning holes and fitted into the facing corresponding positioning holes when the first and second holes are aligned together,
- wherein at least one of said first positioning holes does not match the other of the first positioning holes in case the first position holes are overlapped, and at least one of said positioning projections is not correctly fitted into the other of the first positioning holes.
A metal gasket, comprising:
- a first metal plate having a first hole to be sealed, and first positioning hole, and
- a second metal plate laminated under the first metal plate, and having a second hole to be sealed, and positioning projections made by the second metal plate and integrally formed with the second metal plate, said positioning projections facing corresponding first positioning holes and fitted into the facing corresponding positioning holes when the first and second holes are aligned together,
- wherein at least one of said first positioning holes does not match the other of the first positioning holes in case the first position holes are overlapped, and at least one of said positioning projections is not correctly fitted into the other of the first positioning holes,
- the metal gasket further comprising a third metal plate laminated over the first metal plate and having a third hole to be sealed and second positioning holes, said second position holes being arranged to be overlapped over the first positioning holes and being smaller than the overlapped first positioning holes to be fitted into the respective positioning projections.
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