Patent ID: 7735835

Claim:
A sealing arrangement for connection of a manifold to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a support plate defining a plane; a first opening extending through said support plate; a sealing ring element captively held in said opening and on said support plate by a frictional connection between said support plate and said ring element, said ring element having a cross-sectional profile opening radially outwardly relative to a longitudinal axis thereof and terminating at opposite first and second outer peripheral edges, said first outer peripheral edge being raised from said plane of said support plate, said second peripheral edge being offset from said plane of said support plate; and retaining collars molded onto and extending radially outwardly from said second outer peripheral edge at an angle of 30° to 60° relative to said longitudinal axis, said collars being flexibly deformed radially inwardly against an inside edge of said opening in said support plate forming said frictional connection and having curvatures at connections thereof to said ring element.