Patent ID: 6103164
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B29C,B29L,F01M,F02F,F16J

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a seal at a cylinder head of a vehicle motor, said method comprising the steps of:providing a bearing groove at the cylinder head;providing a mold member for cooperating with the bearing groove to form the seal, the mold member having a receiving groove for receiving a sealing material;introducing the sealing material into the bearing groove of the mold member so as to fill the receiving groove and provide a defined excess of sealing material surpassing the volume of sealing material required for filling the bearing groove and projecting upwardly past lateral surfaces of the mold member;subsequently positioning the bearing groove at the mold member so as to enclose the sealing material previously introduced in the mold member and the defined excess and applying pressure to the sealing material such that the defined excess is deformed to assume the shape of the receiving groove of the mold member; andcuring under pressure the sealing material enclosed in the bearing groove and the receiving groove of the mold member to form the seal.