Patent ID: 8632077

Claim:
A multilayer metal static cylinder head gasket for establishing a seal between a cylinder head and an engine block, comprising: a metal functional layer having an outer periphery and an inner periphery forming an opening configured to surround a cylinder bore and a full compression bead radially outwardly from and circumferentially surrounding said opening, said full compression bead extending out of a plane of said functional layer a predetermined first distance; and a distance layer of at least two pieces wherein one of the pieces has a first radial portion with a first thickness extending to an opening configured to register with said opening of said functional layer and a second radial portion extending radially outwardly from said first radial portion and aligned with said full compression bead with said second radial portion having a second thickness that is less than said first thickness and wherein another of said pieces has a third radial portion extending radially outwardly from said second radial portion and having a third thickness that is less than said second thickness.