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Cylinder head gasket
Assignee: Elring Dichtungswerke GmbH
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Filing: 1984-07-24
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Granted: 1985-02-19
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Expires: 2004-07-24
Abstract
Abstract A cylinder head gasket having at least one plate of soft material and at least one combustion chamber opening, said soft material including predominantly inorganic fibers and/or filling materials connected by binding means and including free OH groups, the soft material is mixed with a first impregnating material comprising a polysiloxane containing reactive hydrogen groups for reaction with the free OH groups of the fibers or filling materials and a second impregnating material which consists of a second polysiloxane of a higher degree of polymerization than the first polysiloxane and which polymerizes with itself as well as with the reactive hydrogen groups of the first polysiloxane, said second polysiloxane forming a stable siloxane structure having more branches than the first polysiloxane.
Inventors
- 👤 Rudolf Bindel
- 👤 Eugen Ruoff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 22:26
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C09K3/10; C09K3/1025; C09K3/1028; B; B29; B29D; B29D99/00; B29D99/0053; C08; C08L; C08L83/00; C08L83/04; F; F16; F16J; F16J15/00; F16J15/02; F16J15/06; F16J15/10; F16J15/12; F16J15/121; F16J15/122; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/26; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/12; C09K2003/1034; C09K2003/1059; C09K2003/1068; C09K2003/1087; C09K2003/1096; C09K2200/00; C09K2200/02; C09K2200/0204; C09K2200/0213; C09K2200/0278; C09K2200/0286; C09K2200/06; C09K2200/068; C09K2200/0685; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S277/00; Y10S277/935; Y10S277/936
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A cylinder head gasket having at least one plate of soft material and at least one combustion chamber opening: said plate of soft material consisting predominantly of inorganic fibers connected by binding means and including free OH groups, wherein part of the fibers or filling materials extend up to the surface of the plate of soft material, said plate of soft material being mixed with polymer impregnation means; said polymer impregnation means including a first impregnating material application of a first polysiloxane containing reactive hydrogen groups for reaction with the free OH groups of the fibers and filling materials and a second impregnating material application of a second polysiloxane of a higher degree of polymerization which polymerizes with itself as well as with the reactive hydrogen groups of the polysiloxane of the first impregnating material, the second polysiloxane forming a stable siloxane structure having mre branches than the first polysiloxane.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A cylinder head gasket having at least one plate of soft material and at least one combustion chamber opening: said plate of soft material consisting predominantly of inorganic fibers connected by binding means and including free OH groups, wherein part of the fibers or filling materials extend up to the surface of the plate of soft material, said plate of soft material being mixed with polymer impregnation means; said polymer impregnation means including a first impregnating material application of a first polysiloxane containing reactive hydrogen groups for reaction with the free OH groups of the fibers and filling materials and a second impregnating material application of a second polysiloxane of a higher degree of polymerization which polymerizes with itself as well as with the reactive hydrogen groups of the polysiloxane of the first impregnating material, the second polysiloxane forming a stable siloxane structure having mre branches than the first polysiloxane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate of soft material includes filling materials in addition to said inorganic fibers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate of soft material consists predominantly of filling materials.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein the inorganic fibers connected by binding means are asbestos fibers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein the combustion chamber opening includes a metallic rim border and wherein the surface regions of said rim border, which are approximately parallel to the sealing plane, are at least substantially metal-smooth.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein the first polysiloxane has a molecular weight between 2,000 and 4,500.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein the first polysiloxane has a molecular weight between 3,000 and 3,500.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein the first polysiloxane is a methylhydrogen polysiloxane.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said first polysiloxane is a silicon oil including silicon-hydrogen groups.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate of soft material comprises between 2% and 15% by weight of said first polysiloxane.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate of soft material comprises between 2% and 15% by weight of said second polysiloxane.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate of soft material has cut edges having a substantially higher proportion of said first polysiloxane than the remaining regions of said plate of soft material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said second impregnating means includes a mixture of polyorganosiloxane resins, polymerizing in two and three dimensions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said second impregnating means includes as a softener and anti-adhesion means a small amount of non-reactive silicon oil.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The gasket as defined in claim 1, wherein said second impregnating means includes a catalyst as a hardening accelerator for said second polysiloxane.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
The gasket as defined in claim 15, wherein said catalyst includes a tin salt.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
The gasket as defined in claim 15, wherein said catalyst includes an aluminum salt.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The gasket as defined in claim 15, wherein said catalyst includes a lead salt.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
The gasket as defined in claim 15, wherein said catalyst includes an organic titanate salt.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
The gasket as defined in claim 15, wherein said second impregnating means contains 3% to 22% of a catalyst by weight of the solid resin.
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