Patent ID: 8342537

Claim:
A metal laminate gasket comprising: a plurality of metal plates including a first metal plate having a first hole to be sealed and a bead around the first hole, and a second metal plate laminated under the first metal plate and having a second hole corresponding to the first hole, said bead having a top portion and at least one foot portion, and concavities and convexities continuously formed at the second metal plate concentrically around the second hole for increasing an apparent plate thickness of the second metal plate, wherein said concavities and convexities have a height and width smaller than those of said bead, and have a deformation characteristic due to a surface pressure when compressed, smaller than that of the bead, and wherein the foot portion or the top portion of said bead is disposed on a top flat portion of one of the convexities of the second metal plate without an empty space with respect to the top flat portion when the first and second metal plates are assembled so that the foot portion or the top portion of said bead is supported by the top flat portion of one of the convexities for increasing the surface pressure of a bead portion, and wherein the foot portion of said bead is directly supported by the top flat portion of one of the convexities of the second metal plate for increasing the surface pressure of the bead portion.