Abstract:
A gasket assembly having a secondary elastic sealing bead positioned radially inwardly of the primary sealing bead. The secondary sealing bead extends circumferentially about the aperture and radially inwardly of the primary sealing bead. A stopper layer is disposed adjacent at least a portion of the gasket layer and extends radially from the outboard region to the inboard edge to radially overlap the secondary sealing bead and the primary sealing bead. The secondary sealing bead has an “S-type” structure and provides increased gasket resiliency adjacent the inboard edge.
Abstract:
A multilayer metal gasket (28) for establishing a seal between two mating members, such as between a cylinder head (22) and an engine block (24). The gasket assembly (28) includes a primary functional layer (30) having an embossed primary sealing bead (38). A primary stopper layer (52) bridges the convex embossed portion of the primary sealing bead and is fixed relative to the primary functional layer (30) by welding (54) or clinching. A secondary functional layer (44) is paired with the primary functional layer (30) and inverted relative thereto so that its secondary sealing bead (48) aligns with the primary sealing bead (38) and their respective concave depressions open toward one another, with the primary stopper layer (52) sandwiched therebetween. A compression limiter (50) may be carried on the functional layer (44) or alternatively a distance layer (364, 464). The assembly (28) may include a tertiary functional layer (58) having a tertiary sealing bead (62) inverted relative to, and aligned directly with, the primary sealing bead (38).
Abstract:
A rubber ring for a gasket has a first bulging portion composing a seal portion; a second bulging portion composing an attachment portion; and a depressed portion between the first bulging portion and the second bulging portion. The first bulging portion includes a thickest portion carrying out a sealing function, and when the rubber ring is compressed from both sides, the second bulging portion and the depressed portion have a thickness which does not contact with the faces sandwiching the gasket. An end of the metal plate is positioned in a range of the depressed portion between the first bulging portion and the second bulging portion, and between changing points wherein each of slope face, sloping toward the depressed portion from the two bulging portions, changes into a curved surface concaving on an outer side from a curved surface projecting on the outer side.
Abstract:
A gasket for providing a gas and fluid tight between parts of an internal combustion engine, for example around a combustion chamber opening, is provided. The gasket includes a functional layer with a full embossment spaced from the combustion chamber opening. A stopper layer is attached to the functional layer adjacent the combustion chamber opening. After attaching the stopper layer to the functional layer, half embossments are simultaneously formed in the functional layer and the stopper layer adjacent the combustion chamber opening. The aligned half embossments are together referred to as a half-stop. The half-stop maintains the load on the stopper layer, limits compression on the full embossment, and protects the full embossment from combustion gases when the gasket is compressed between two parts of the internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
A cylinder head gasket 1 is sandwiched between a cylinder head 2 and a cylinder block 3 with a cylinder bore 4 and includes a substrate 10 with a combustion chamber hole 14 drilled at a position of the cylinder bore 4, and seal plates 11 to 13, the substrate 10 and the seal plates are stacked on one another. Fixation members 21 and 22 are secured to the substrate around a periphery of the combustion chamber hole. The seal plates include an engagement hole 23 formed therein and with which the fixation members are engaged. The engagement hole is engaged with the fixation members. The fixation members are sandwiched between the cylinder head and the cylinder block. The cylinder head and the cylinder block can be firmly coupled together via the fixation members.
Abstract:
Provided is a metal gasket for a cylinder head that is capable of improving engaging force between a substrate and a step adjustment plate. A method for manufacturing the metal gasket for a cylinder head includes the steps of: forming a prepared hole 3c in each of a plurality of protruding pieces 3b of the step adjustment plate 3; forming a tubular portion 3d including a plurality of projecting segments 3d1 by inserting a die 4 including a polygonal pyramidal punch 4a into the prepared hole 3c so as to bend up a peripheral portion around the prepared hole 3c while cutting the peripheral portion into segments; forming in the substrate 2 an fastening hole 2h in correspondence with a position of the tubular portion 3d formed in the step adjustment plate 3; and engaging the protruding piece 3b through the substrate 2 by inserting the tubular portion 3d of the step adjustment plate 3 through the corresponding fastening hole 2h formed in the substrate 2, and subsequently folding the plurality of projecting segments 3d1 of the tubular portion 3d over to an outside of the substrate 2 and flattening out the projecting segments 3d1.
Abstract:
A multi-layer gasket for establishing a seal between a first member (such as a cylinder head) and a second member (such as an engine block) is provided. The multi-layer gasket includes a pair of outer functional layers and at least one inner functional layer. Each layer has a full combustion bead that encircles an opening, and the full combustion beads of all of the layers are aligned radially with one another. Each layer also has an outer periphery, and the outer periphery of the inner layer is disposed radially between the aligned full combustion beads and the outer peripheries of the outer layers. The outer layers also include half beads adjacent their outer peripheries.
Abstract:
A multilayer cylinder head gasket has a pair of functional layers and a distance layer with aligned openings. Each functional layer has a full bead located radially outwardly from and extending about its opening. Each functional layer also has a half bead spaced from the full bead. The distance layer includes a first portion extending radially from the opening and having a first thickness. A second portion of the distance layer extends radially from the first portion and has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A third portion of the distance layer extends radially from the second portion and has a third thickness less than the second thickness. The distance layer comprises a plurality of pieces, and at least one of the pieces limits compression of at least one of the full beads when the functional layers are compressed together.
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.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to cylinder head gaskets on internal combustion engines, with at least three layers, namely a mid-layer, a function layer and a layer of a compression limiter. The mid-layer is arranged between the function layer and the compression limiter. The mid-layer has at least two essentially round fixing openings, outside a sealing region. The compression limiter is beaded around the edges of the fixing openings in the region thereof, and in this way fixes the compression limiter to the mid-layer. The function layer has recesses in the region of the fixing openings of the mid-layer, in order to accommodate the beaded region of the compression limiter, without increasing the total thickness of the gasket in the region of the fixing of the compression limiter.