Patent ID: 7137631
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
1. A cylinder head gasket comprising: at least one metal plate having a plurality of cylinder bores and at least one area between two adjacent cylinder bores, first beads formed in the metal plate to surround the respective cylinder bores, independently, second beads formed in the metal plate to completely surround the respective cylinder bores outside the first bead, said second beads being combined into a single section in the at least one area between the two adjacent cylinder bores, said single section having a width greater than that of a section other than the single section of the second bead, and a third bead formed in the metal plate around all of the cylinder bores outside the second bead, said third bead extending outside the area between the adjacent cylinder bores, wherein said third bead has a width greater than those of the first bead and the second bead.