US 11,933,402 B2
Rubber gasket with molded-in plastic compression limiter
Christopher Chin, Hooksett, NH (US); James Grady, Chester, NH (US); Michael Blake, Northville, MI (US); and Saikrishna Sundararaman, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,519.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235821 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. F16J 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16J 15/104 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gasket, comprising:
a plurality of compression limiters each including a plastic body having a single aperture extending through a center of the plastic body, the plastic body having a radially outwardly extending annular flange region and an upper protruding portion and a lower protruding portion integrally formed with and extending from the radially outwardly extending annular flange region in opposite directions, a plurality of flow holes each extending partially through the radially outwardly extending annular flange region and partially through the upper protruding portion and the lower protruding portion; and an elastomeric body defining a perimeter sealing body molded around the plurality of compression limiters with each of the plurality of compression limiters being spaced form one another at spaced locations around the perimeter sealing body, the elastomeric body extending through the plurality of flow holes in each of the plurality of compression limiters.