US 12,253,172 B2
Gasket with electrical isolating coatings
Ian Brown, Denver, CO (US); Ryan Buttimer, Golden, CO (US); T. Scott Tanner, Rochester, NY (US); and Christopher Remley, Wheat Ridge, CO (US)
Assigned to GPT INDUSTRIES, LLC, Wheat Ridge, CO (US)
Filed by GPT Industries, LLC, Wheat Ridge, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,442.
Application 18/436,442 is a continuation of application No. 18/091,644, filed on Dec. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,898,637.
Application 18/091,644 is a continuation of application No. 17/234,013, filed on Apr. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,543,030, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Application 17/234,013 is a continuation of application No. 15/996,975, filed on Jun. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,015,710, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 15/996,975 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/640,610, filed on Mar. 15, 2018, granted, now D886253, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 15/996,975 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/726,080, filed on Oct. 5, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/404,673, filed on Oct. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0344609 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. F16J 15/06 (2006.01); F16J 15/08 (2006.01); F16J 15/12 (2006.01); F16L 23/18 (2006.01); F16L 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16J 15/064 (2013.01) [F16L 23/18 (2013.01); F16L 25/026 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0856 (2013.01); F16J 15/122 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrically isolating gasket comprising:
a metallic gasket core, the metallic gasket core having a disc shape and including opposed faces separated by an axial height and an inner core surface extending along the axial height between the opposed faces having a first, non-linear shape, wherein the metallic gasket core includes a radially outer groove and a radially inner groove in each of the opposed surfaces of the metallic gasket, and wherein the radially outer groove and the radially inner groove of each of the opposed surfaces are aligned; and
a coating formed on all of the surfaces of the metallic gasket core including the opposed faces and the inner core surface, the coating comprising a dielectric material.