US 12,013,035 B2
Cylinder head gasket assembly
Abel Contreras, Berkeley, IL (US); Sean Smith, Aurora, IL (US); and Brent Loomis, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC, Northville, MI (US)
Filed by Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/780,360.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,052, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0271225 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. F16J 15/08 (2006.01); F02F 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16J 15/0818 (2013.01) [F02F 11/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cylinder head gasket assembly comprising:
a gasket having a first side, a second side, and a cylinder bore opening extending through the first side and the second side;
the gasket having a wall on the first side, the wall extending axially along the cylinder bore opening;
the gasket having a ledge extending from the wall into the cylinder bore opening at the second side;
a wire that is ring-shaped, the wire being on the ledge and extending along the wall; and
wax adhering the wire to the ledge;
the cylinder bore opening has an axis;
the wall extends around the axis of the cylinder bore opening;
the gasket has an inner wall extending around the axis of the cylinder bore opening;
the ledge has a surface extending radially from the wall to the inner wall and terminating at the wall and the inner wall; and
the wire is on the surface and the wax adheres the wire to the surface.