Patent ID: 8382123

Claim:
A metallic cylinder head gasket with at least one opening corresponding to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, comprising a functional layer and a support ring lying thereunder, said functional layer including a full bead, the support ring including a full bead which is adjacent to the functional layer, wherein said full bead of the functional layer and the full bead of the support ring are formed in the same direction and the full bead of the functional layer rests in the full bead of the support ring, the full bead of the functional layer and the full bead of the support ring being in form-fit contact, wherein the extension of said support ring in the direction away from said at least one opening is less than the extension of said functional layer in the direction away from said at least one opening and wherein said support ring includes at least one further bead which is arranged on a side of the full bead of said support ring oriented away from said at least one opening corresponding to the combustion chamber, and wherein at least a central area of said further bead is spaced from said functional layer.