Patent ID: 7000597

Claim:
A method of disposing a flat gasket relative to a cylinder head cap to effect sealing off of a region between a cylinder head and the cylinder head cap, comprising: placing on the cylinder head cap to be sealed off a flat gasket having an elastic material that effects the sealing function, at least one pass-through region for passing through at least one conductor such that the conductor can extend, in the mounted condition of the flat gasket, from outside the region to be sealed off into the interior of such region, and a shaped tongue connected to the pass through region such that a portion of the flat gasket operable to effect the seal is disposed on the edge of the opening of the cylinder head cap; guiding a jacketed electrical conductor that comprises at least two individually jacketed electrical conductors through the pass through region; guiding the electrical conductors with the conductor guiding- and/or conductor securing-elements mounted on the tongue and the tongue being deformed such that the conductors are guided out of the plane of the seal to at least one connection clamp of at least one electrical load consuming component disposed in the region to be sealed off; connecting the electrical conductors to the at least one electrical load consuming component disposed in the region to be sealed off; and placing the cylinder head cap in tension with the cylinder head, whereupon the region to be sealed off is closed via the flat gasket operable to effect the seal.