Metallic flat seal and method for the production thereof

US7185893B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DANA LIMITED · US

Inventors

• Torsten Wampula · Ulm, DE
• Josef Ludwig · Niederstotzingen, DE
• Alfred Weiss · Neu-Ulm, DE
• Gunther Unseld · Neenstetten, DE
• Matthias Laske · Ulm, DE
• Friedrich Dillenz · Blaustein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16J15/0825
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a metallic flat gasket with at least one sealing layer with at least one port, with a sensor layer corresponding to the ports being deposited on at least one surface of the sealing layer. This sensor layer consists of a compression protection layer and at least one break, in which a sensor element is at least partially installed.