Patent ID: 8100409

Claim:
A metal gasket, comprising: a pair of metal layers having aligned fluid-conveying openings, each of said metal layers comprising a carrier layer portion and an active layer portion being at least partially coplanar with one another, said active layer portions having a raised metal sealing bead circumscribing said opening; wherein said carrier layer portion and said active layer portion in each metal layer are spaced from one another within the plane by at least one cut-out region, said cut-out region allowing said active layer portion to move out of the plane of said carrier layer; each of said pair of metal layers having webs extending between said carrier layer portion and said active layer portion and attaching said carrier layer portion and said active layer portion to one another; said cut-out regions and said webs of said pair of metal layers being arranged in mirrored relation with one another; and another metal layer disposed between said pair of metal layers, said another metal layer extending entirely across said cut-out regions.