Claims
- 1. A metallic gasket having bores therein corresponding to combustion chambers and comprising a pair of spaced elastic metallic base plates, said base plates having inwardly extending projections defining beads around said bores, an intermediate plate disposed between said base plates and including two pieces laminated together at said beads, said pieces having edge surfaces disposed adjacent said bores and including outwardly extending steps between said beads and said edge surfaces to define spaces formed between said pieces and opening at said edge surfaces, and a thermal spray stopper disposed within each of said spaces.
- 2. A metallic gasket as defined in claim 1 wherein said beads on said base plates hold said intermediate plate in position.
- 3. A metallic gasket as defined in claim 1 wherein the thickness of said spaces between the two pieces is t and the thickness of said steps of each of said pieces is t/2.
- 4. A metallic gasket according to claim 1, wherein said spaces have a height t and said steps have a height of t/2.
- 5. A metallic gasket having bores therein corresponding to combustion chambers and comprising a pair of spaced elastic metallic base plates, said base plates having inwardly extending projections defining beads around said bores, an intermediate plate disposed between said base plates and including two pieces laminated together at said beads, said pieces having edge surfaces disposed adjacent said bores and including outwardly extending steps between said beads and said edge surfaces to define spaces formed between said pieces and opening at said edge surfaces, a thermal spray stopper disposed within each of said spaces and occupying outer portions of said spaces, and a sealing agent provided inwardly of said stoppers between inner walls of said pieces at said steps.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/594,571, filed Oct. 9, 1990 now abandoned, and is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 337,974, filed Apr. 14, 1989, now abandoned.
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