Patent ID: 8556271

Claim:
A multilayer metal gasket, comprising: at least first and second gasket layers having generally planar bodies and formed with at least one aligned hole and at least one associated sealing bead in each of the gasket layers aligned opposite one another and projecting out of the plane of their respective bodies in the same direction and in radially outwardly spaced surrounding relation to said hole; and a partial stopper layer disposed between said gasket layers in contact with said gasket layers and having an area less than that of either of said gasket layers, said stopper layer extending fully across said sealing beads from a position radially inward of said sealing beads to a position radially outward of said sealing beads, and being fixed to at least one of said gasket layers radially outwardly of said sealing beads and being free radially inwardly of the sealing beads, wherein said stopper layer is fixed to only one of said gasket layers by a weld joint.