Patent ID: 8444154
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
1. A metallic cylinder head gasket with at least one opening corresponding to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, comprising an upper functional layer, a support ring and a lower functional layer, wherein said support ring is arranged between said upper functional layer and said lower functional layer and is adjacent to said lower functional layer, said upper functional layer includes a full bead which is adjacent to said support ring, and said lower functional layer including at least one further bead which is arranged on the side of the full bead oriented away from the said at least said one opening corresponding to the combustion chamber, wherein said at least one further bead comprises a half bead, wherein said half bead is so formed, that said lower functional layer lies on the side of said half bead oriented away from said at least said one opening corresponding to the combustion chamber on a level higher than on the side of said half bead oriented towards said at least said one opening corresponding to the combustion chamber.