The invention will be detailed below using one embodiment shown in the drawings.
FIGS. 1A and 1B each show in an elevational view one half of an embodiment of the flat gasket as claimed in the invention in the form of a cylinder head gasket for a six-cylinder in-line engine, FIG. 1A showing the gasket half for cylinders one to three and FIG. 1B showing the gasket half for cylinders four to six,
FIG. 2 shows a partial section drawn greatly enlarged compared to FIGS. 1A and 1B according to cutting line II-II from FIG. 1A;
FIG. 3 shows a partial section on the same scale as FIG. 2 according to cutting line III-III from FIG. 1A;
FIG. 4 shows a partial section on the same scale as FIGS. 2 and 3 according to cutting line IV-IV from FIG. 1B;
FIG. 5 shows an elevational view of a component element of the carrier element of the exemplary embodiment of the flat gasket, which component element is associated with cylinders one and two;
FIG. 6 shows in an elevational view corresponding to FIG. 5 the middle component element of the carrier element of the exemplary embodiment associated with cylinders three and four;
FIG. 7 shows in an elevational view corresponding to FIGS. 5 and 6 the component element of the carrier element of the exemplary embodiment associated with cylinders five and six;
FIG. 8 shows an elevational view of the component element of the lower support element of the exemplary embodiment associated with cylinders one through three;
FIG. 9 shows a partial section drawn on the same scale as FIGS. 2 to 4 according to line IX-IX from FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 shows a partial section drawn on the same scale as FIG. 9 according to cutting line X-X from FIG. 8;
FIG. 11 shows a partial section drawn on the same scale as FIGS. 9 and 10 according to line XI-XI from FIG. 8;
FIG. 12 shows a partial section drawn on the same scale as FIGS. 9 to 11 according to line XII-XII from FIG. 6 and
FIG. 13 shows a partial section drawn on the same scale as FIGS. 9 to 12 according to line XIII-XIII from FIG. 6.
Patent Application
20070228665
