Composite gasket
US5992857A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S277/946
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The composite gasket of the present invention has improved various properties which are different depending on use conditions, while ensuring sealing properties, by combining a seal material which is selected in accordance with the properties of certain sheet-like seal materials in a substrate. The composite gasket is configured by forming a plurality of slits in a surface of the sheet-like seal materials the slits extending in a thickness direction of the materials, and loading a seal material composed of a substance which is different from a material constituting the sheet-like seal material into the slits and the surface of the seal material.
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