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WO2005022009A2
WO2005022009A2 PCT/EP2004/008535 EP2004008535W WO2005022009A2 WO 2005022009 A2 WO2005022009 A2 WO 2005022009A2 EP 2004008535 W EP2004008535 W EP 2004008535W WO 2005022009 A2 WO2005022009 A2 WO 2005022009A2
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Friedhelm Stecher
Christoph Stecher
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J15/00—Sealings
    • F16J15/02—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces
    • F16J15/06—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces
    • F16J15/08—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing
    • F16J15/0818—Flat gaskets
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J15/00—Sealings
    • F16J15/02—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces
    • F16J15/06—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces
    • F16J15/08—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing
    • F16J15/0818—Flat gaskets
    • F16J2015/0856—Flat gaskets with a non-metallic coating or strip

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  • the invention relates to a flat gasket and in particular a metallic flat gasket, in which a through-opening to be sealed is completely surrounded by a raised sealing surface, which consists of a pressure-resistant and creep-resistant material that is not vertically deformable and has a height profile, which, if appropriate with the inclusion of further sealing layers present in the seal, is designed according to the topography of the sealing gap formed between the counter surfaces to be sealed.
  • a raised sealing surface which consists of a pressure-resistant and creep-resistant material that is not vertically deformable and has a height profile, which, if appropriate with the inclusion of further sealing layers present in the seal, is designed according to the topography of the sealing gap formed between the counter surfaces to be sealed.
  • seals in which the passage opening is sealed with an elastic sealing element such as a bead, are stable and non-elastically deformable, at least in all areas where they are used, and from the start the deflections of the counter surfaces to be sealed that occur during operation are topographically adapted. In this way, uniform surface pressures can be achieved with comparatively low screw forces.
  • small raised sealing webs can additionally be present on the topographically formed sealing surfaces, as is described in WO 97/01722 A1.
  • the seals can be completely or partially coated.
  • the raised sealing surfaces can be machined out of a sealing plate by machining.
  • Another manufacturing variant uses an embossing process.
  • the topographically formed sealing surfaces can first be embossed and then the non-embossed, higher areas can be removed by machining.
  • greater material thicknesses can be achieved by material accumulation, and then the desired topographical configuration is produced by an embossing step. All of the manufacturing processes described are comparatively complex, time-consuming and expensive. While the described topographic seals provide excellent sealing results in most applications, there are still some special uses in which a more flexible and versatile adaptation of the seals to the existing conditions would be desirable. For example, there are applications in which one and the same seal is used to seal different adjacent parts, in which the sealing requirements are different.
  • a task of the invention is accordingly to provide a seal of the type described in the introduction, which is simple and inexpensive to produce, can be adapted to the most varied sealing conditions in a simple manner and thereby achieves a reliable seal.
  • This object is achieved with the flat gasket according to claim 1.
  • Preferred configurations of this gasket are described in the subclaims. Accordingly, the invention relates to a flat gasket and in particular a metallic flat gasket with at least one sealing layer, which has at least one through opening, which is at least on one side is completely surrounded by a self-contained raised sealing surface.
  • the sealing surface consists of a material that is pressure and creep-resistant and not deformable under the loads of the application.
  • the topography of the sealing surface is obtainable by embossing the sealing surface in a sealing plate in such a way that the thickness of the sealing plate in the area of the sealing surface is at least partially reduced compared to the initial thickness of the sealing plate.
  • the flat seal has at least one of the following features: a) In the area of the sealing surface there is a support with a thickness which, together with the height of the sealing surface, gives a total thickness which is greater than the initial thickness of the sealing plate from which the sealing surface is formed has been; b) areas of the sealing plate which are located outside the sealing surface and have a thickness of at least the initial thickness of the sealing plate have been completely removed; and c) regions of the sealing plate which are outside the sealing surface and have a thickness of at least the initial thickness of the sealing plate are bent out of the plane of the sealing plate.
  • topography of the sealing gap to be sealed and the transfer of this topography to the raised sealing surface can be carried out as is customary in the prior art. Possibilities are described, for example, in EP 0485693 A1. If, in addition to the sealing layer in which the topographically formed sealing surface is present, further sealing layers are provided in the seal, these are taken into account when forming the topography if they are in the region of a raised sealing surface. It is possible to form the height profile which changes in the circumferential direction exclusively in the sealing layer having the raised sealing surface, while the further sealing layers have a constant thickness in the region of the sealing surface. However, it is equally possible to provide an additional sealing layer in the area adjacent to the raised sealing surface of the sealing surface sealing layer with a height profile.
  • the overall height profile of all sealing layers in the area of the raised sealing surface corresponds to the topography of the sealing gap to be sealed.
  • the sealing surface can also have a width profile in addition to the height profile. This not only changes the height of the sealing surface in the circumferential direction, but also its width.
  • the flat gasket according to the invention is preferably obtainable by embossing the raised sealing surface in a sealing plate. However, this does not rule out that the flat gasket according to the invention can also be produced by another manufacturing process, for example a material-removing process or a Combination of cutting processes and embossing processes was obtained.
  • the production of the flat gasket according to the invention with the aid of an embossing step, in which the height-profiled sealing surface is embossed while reducing the thickness of the sealing plate, is particularly simple, quick and inexpensive.
  • the embossing process is carried out in a manner known per se using conventional tools. If necessary, the embossing step can be followed by a calibration step for fine adjustment of the height and / or width profile.
  • small raised sealing webs can also be embossed on the sealing surface, as described in WO 97/01722 A1 to improve the micro-sealing.
  • the sealing surface can be embossed such that only a part of the sealing surface is reduced in thickness compared to the initial thickness of the sealing plate, while one or more other sections retain the original thickness and thus represent the highest sections of the sealing surface. However, it is preferred to reduce the thickness of the sealing plate in all areas of the sealing surface. The embossing leads to a strain hardening of the sealing material and thus to a higher stability in the embossed area.
  • the sealing plate in the region of the raised sealing surface thus at least partially has a smaller thickness than the initial density of the sealing plate.
  • the sealing plate cannot be used as a flat gasket, since the non-embossed areas prevent the sealing surface from performing its supporting function.
  • the invention solves this problem in the manner described in points a) to c).
  • a support is placed on the embossed, height-profiled sealing surface, the thickness of which is sufficient to give, together with the height of the sealing surface, a total thickness which is greater than the initial thickness of the sealing plate.
  • the overlay can consist of a coating or a separate part.
  • the material is also expediently pressure and creep resistant and not deformable in height.
  • the height profile can be limited to the sealing surface of the embossed sealing layer, or a height profile can be present both in the raised sealing surface and in the support, so that overall a height profile corresponding to the topography of the sealing gap to be sealed results .
  • the height profiles can be produced separately or together, namely, for example, in such a way that the support is placed on the sealing plate in the region of the subsequent sealing surface before the embossing step and is embossed together with the sealing plate.
  • the areas which are outside the sealing surface and have a thickness of at least the initial thickness of the sealing plate are completely removed.
  • Variants a) to c) can also be used in combination with one another in a flat gasket.
  • a combination of variants a) and b) is also conceivable, in which the sealing surfaces are provided with supports and, moreover, non-embossed areas of the sealing plate have been removed.
  • the seals described are available in a simple manner and can in particular be produced without complex material-removing processes.
  • the choice of material for the flat gasket according to the invention and in particular for the position which the height-profiled sealing surface has depends primarily on the type of intended use. Suitable are, for example, pressure-resistant and creep-resistant, non-deformable plastics, ceramics and in particular metallic materials. Basically, all of the materials previously used for the corresponding flat seals can also be used.
  • the flat gasket according to the invention can have more than one through opening which is surrounded by a raised, topographically formed sealing surface. In the case of variant b) in particular, in which parts of the sealing plate have been removed, it makes sense to connect adjacent surfaces to one another.
  • connecting webs are preferably used, the height of which is less than the initial thickness of the sealing plate with the raised sealing surfaces.
  • These connecting webs are expediently embossed together with the sealing surfaces in order to set a suitable height for them.
  • sealing surfaces surrounding adjacent openings can share a common section.
  • a skeletal sealing layer is then obtained.
  • the metallic pads already described in case a) can also be connected to one another via connecting webs or common sections. It is expedient that the connecting webs, which connect the supports to one another, come to rest on the connecting webs for the sealing surfaces.
  • the flat seals according to the invention can be used in the form described above.
  • the seals can be used particularly flexibly if they have at least one further sealing layer which is arranged adjacent to the sealing layer having the raised sealing surface.
  • the further sealing layer is preferably a metallic sealing layer.
  • the further sealing layer corresponds at least to the outer circumference of the sealing surface sealing layer.
  • the further sealing layer protrudes at least in sections over the sealing surface sealing layer. This variant is particularly suitable when different, adjacent parts are to be sealed with one and the same flat seal. Then, for example, only the protruding further sealing layer can be used to seal another part.
  • the further sealing layer extends over the adjacent raised sealing surface, for example up to the edge of the through opening enclosed by the sealing surface.
  • the further sealing layer has, for example, a basic surface substantially corresponding to the base surface of the sealing surface sealing layer, or it extends beyond the edge thereof.
  • the superimposition of several sealing layers in the area of the topographically formed sealing surface takes into account the height profile of the sealing surface of this additional sealing layer.
  • the second sealing layer has a recess at least in its area opposite the raised sealing surface.
  • the additional sealing layer does not have to be taken into account when dimensioning the height profile of the raised sealing surface.
  • the sealing surface sealing layer and further sealing layer are expediently fastened to one another. Any common fastening method is suitable for this, for example clipping, gluing, soldering or welding.
  • the further sealing layer is preferably attached in a region of the sealing surface sealing plate which is outside the sealing surface and is thinned compared to the initial thickness. The dilution is expediently carried out in the stamping step together with the stamping of the sealing surface.
  • the further sealing layer can only be used to adjust a certain thickness of the flat gasket according to the invention and in this case advantageously has a substantially uniform thickness.
  • the further sealing layer has additional functional elements and in particular at least one elastic sealing element. This results in the possibility of sealing through openings, which should not be sealed by a raised, topographically formed sealing surface, in a different way.
  • the distribution of these different sealing elements over different sealing layers makes the flat gasket according to the invention particularly flexible and also easy to manufacture.
  • This elastic sealing element can be used to seal areas that are difficult to seal with stable seals.
  • Stable, topographically designed areas of the seal can be used, for example, to seal counter surfaces (sections) which are relatively hard and can be subjected to relatively high screw forces, while softer counter surfaces (sections) or shape changes during operation or greater manufacturing tolerances are subject to sections the elastic areas of the seal according to the invention are sealed.
  • the further sealing layer can be beaded, for example, the beading being able to have any shape that has been customary to date. Additionally or alternatively, an elastic application can be present in the further sealing layer. Elastomeric materials such as, in particular, elastomeric plastics are suitable for elastic application.
  • further sealing layers can also be present in the flat seal according to the invention.
  • the sealing surface sealing layer can be enclosed on both sides by further sealing layers.
  • Further sealing layers which extend entirely or only partially over the sealing surface sealing layer, are also possible.
  • Further sealing layers are also conceivable, which extend to the side of the sealing surface sealing layer and are connected, for example, to a further sealing layer projecting laterally beyond the sealing surface sealing layer.
  • the area of application of the flat gasket according to the invention is not particularly limited. A preferred application is in those areas in which the counter-surfaces to be sealed are at least partially strongly bent against each other or in which strong pressure fluctuations occur during use.
  • a preferred application is in the area of engine gaskets such as manifold gaskets and in particular cylinder head gaskets.
  • the flat gasket according to the invention is a cylinder head gasket
  • the at least one through opening surrounded by a raised sealing surface is advantageously a combustion chamber opening
  • the through opening surrounded by an elastic sealing element is selected from an oil, water or chain box opening.
  • all combustion chamber openings are each surrounded by a raised sealing surface, while oil and water openings are surrounded by elastic sealing elements which are formed in one or more additional sealing layers.
  • the flat gasket according to the invention is particularly suitable for simultaneously sealing a chain case. With conventional cylinder head gaskets, problems with tightness often occur in the border area between the chain case and the engine block.
  • the seal according to the invention is also extremely suitable as a cylinder head gasket for the Al-Mg engine blocks described. While the core area of the seal is designed to be stable and seals the combustion chamber openings in the hard aluminum core, in the edge area of the seal above the Mg shell there is expediently only at least one further sealing layer with elastic sealing elements. These elastic areas can easily follow the thermally induced changes in the sealing gap in the Mg area and ensure good tightness here.
  • the further sealing layer is preferably attached to the topographic sealing layer in such a way that it is supported only via the Al core and no attachment in the Mg Area of the engine block is required.
  • the flat gasket according to the invention is also particularly suitable as a cylinder head gasket for sealing so-called open-deck engines. With these engines, there are no intermediate webs in the cylinder block between the outer wall and the cylinder tube.
  • the seal according to the invention is now designed such that, in variant c), the regions bent out of the plane of the sealing surface sealing plate come to rest in the open regions of the engine block. The thicker areas that are bent out no longer impair the sealing function of the embossed areas of the sealing plate that rest on the engine block. In this way, a cylinder head gasket that is very easy to produce can be obtained. In a development of these seals, it is possible to provide at least one bulge facing the engine block side as a compensating bead within the bent-out areas.
  • the individual sealing layers of a flat gasket according to the invention can be provided with a coating at least on one side and at least in regions.
  • a coating - in contrast to a sealing layer - is to be understood here in the usual way to be an application which, in its entire area, rests on and adheres to the sealing layer to be coated.
  • a coating will usually have a significantly smaller thickness than the coated sealing layer.
  • the purpose of a coating can be to protect the underlying sealing layer, to improve the physical properties such as sliding friction and to improve the micro-seal. All of the coatings previously suitable for the respective flat gasket can also be used.
  • the coatings known from DE 19941410 A1 are particularly preferred. The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to a drawing. It shows schematically: Figure 1 is a partial plan view of a first example of a flat gasket according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a further example of a flat gasket according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic partial cross section through a preform of a flat gasket according to the invention in the area A-A of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 shows a seal made from the preform according to FIG. 3 in cross section along the line A-A;
  • FIG. 5 shows a further example of a seal finished from the preform according to FIG. 3, likewise in cross section along the line A-A;
  • FIG. 6 shows a further example of a flat gasket according to the invention in cross section along the line A-A of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 shows a further example of a flat gasket according to the invention in cross section along the line B-B of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 9 shows another example of a flat gasket according to the invention in the area of line D-D of FIG. 2 in cross section;
  • FIG. 10 shows yet another example of a flat gasket according to the invention in cross section along the line D-D of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of a flat seal according to the invention in a representation corresponding to FIG. 10; 12 shows yet another example of a seal according to the invention in cross section in the area corresponding to FIGS. 9 to 11; 13 shows a cross-sectional illustration along the line B-B of a further embodiment of a flat gasket according to the invention, which is clamped between the engine block and the cylinder head; and
  • FIG. 14 shows an alternative embodiment of the seal according to FIG. 13 in the same area, likewise in cross section.
  • Figures 1 and 2 schematically show partial top views of seals according to the invention using the example of cylinder head gaskets 1.
  • the seals 1 have oil openings 5, water openings 6 and screw openings 7 in addition to combustion chamber openings located inside the seals.
  • Figure 1 shows the top view of a sealing plate 2, while in the seal according to Figure 2 in addition to the sealing plate 2 there is a further sealing plate 11
  • the sealing plate 2 located inside the seal are the combustion chamber openings 3 and the screw openings surrounding them. 7 arranged.
  • the sealing plate 11 comprises the oil openings 5, water openings 6 and screw openings 7 and the chain case opening 10 arranged on the outer edge of the seal.
  • the sealing plates 2 each consist of a pressure-resistant and creep-resistant material that is not deformable under the operating conditions of the cylinder head gaskets. It is preferably metal.
  • the height of the sealing surfaces changes in the circumferential direction around the combustion chamber openings 3.
  • the height profile is designed in accordance with the topography of the sealing gap in the region of the respective combustion chamber opening.
  • the respective sealing surface 4 can also have a change in its width in the circumferential direction.
  • the sealing gap topography is determined as known from the prior art and described, for example, in EP 0485693 A1.
  • the raised sealing surfaces 4 preferably grow out of the sealing plate 2 without jumping.
  • the rings labeled 4 therefore only illustrate the approximate position of the apex surfaces of the sealing surfaces 4.
  • the further liquid openings that is to say oil openings 5 and water openings 6, are also surrounded by sealing devices.
  • these are just as little shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 as sealing devices around the chain box opening and supporting surfaces around the screw openings, which may be present.
  • the entire sealing plate 2 can be topographically formed, so that the oil and water openings are surrounded by height and / or width profiled sealing surfaces, which correspond in their topography to the sealing gap to be sealed.
  • the liquid openings 5 and 6 can be surrounded by elastic sealing devices.
  • the elastic sealing device can be, for example, a screen printing application made of an elastomeric material that has been applied to the sealing plate 2.
  • the liquid openings 5 and 6 arranged adjacent to the sealing edge 8 and the chain case opening 10 in the sealing plate 11 are also surrounded by elastic sealing elements.
  • the thickness of the sealing plate 11 is not topographically formed and essentially has have a uniform thickness over their entire surface.
  • the elastic sealing elements in this plate are expediently beads formed in the sealing plate 11 or elastomeric elements applied to the sealing plate 11. Specific examples will be described later.
  • the topography in the sealing plate 2 is preferably produced in an embossing process.
  • the desired height profile is stamped into a sealing plate with an initial thickness D using a suitable stamping tool, for example as described in EP 0485693 A1.
  • the entire height profile of the sealing plate 2 is expediently stamped in a single stamping step.
  • the material of the sealing plate 2 is deliberately embossed in the areas of the later sealing surfaces 4 and, if appropriate, in further load-bearing areas of the seal that absorb the surface pressures, and its thickness is reduced. Pressed down material is pushed out to the side of the embossed surfaces, so that in these areas the thickness of the embossed sealing plate 2 can be greater than the initial thickness D of the sealing plate.
  • FIG. 3 shows a sealing preform after the embossing step in cross section along the line A-A in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates that the embossing step is carried out before the through openings are made in the sealing plate 2.
  • the area between two adjacent combustion chamber openings (3 in FIG. 1) is shown, which are connected to one another by a web area 9.
  • Each of the combustion chamber openings 3 is surrounded by a circularly closed sealing surface 4. If the combustion chamber openings 3 are very close together, it is possible for the sealing surfaces 4 to converge into a single sealing surface 4 in the region between the combustion chamber openings 3, so that the web region 9 would then be omitted.
  • the thickness of the sealing surfaces 4, which is designated here by d is reduced compared to the initial thickness D.
  • the seal preform shown in FIG. 3 cannot be used as a seal after the embossing step.
  • the non-embossed areas with at least the initial thickness D prevent the sealing surfaces 4 from performing their supporting function and from filling the sealing gap which is formed between the engine block and the cylinder head.
  • supports 12 are placed on both sides of the sealing surfaces 4.
  • the thickness of the supports 12 is dimensioned such that the total thickness d1 in the area of the sealing surfaces 4 is greater than in the areas of the sealing plate 2 which are not embossed down, so that the sealing surfaces 4 with the supports 12 can perform their supporting function and reliably seal the sealing gap to be sealed ,
  • the pads 12 consist of a material which, like the material of the sealing plate 2 under the conditions of use of the cylinder head gasket 1, is pressure-resistant and creep-resistant and cannot be deformed in height. These are preferably metallic supports, but ceramic or another suitable material can also be used.
  • the supports 12 are attached in a suitable manner on the sealing surfaces 4 as annular supports, for example as stamped metal rings, for example glued, soldered or welded.
  • the pads 12 can also be sintered.
  • the non-embossed areas of the sealing plate 2 in the area of the combustion chamber openings 3 are removed in the seal according to FIG. 4. This is preferably done by means of a stamping step which can be carried out before or after the pads 12 are attached. When the combustion chamber openings are opened, all other openings are expediently punched into the sealing surface, so that only one punching step is required.
  • FIG. 5 shows a modification of the seal according to FIG. 4.
  • the connection area between the combustion chamber openings 3 is not co-embossed in the embossing step and is therefore essentially retained in its original height.
  • the pads 12 placed on the sealing surfaces 4 are each designed as individual rings.
  • the thickness of the connection area between adjacent combustion chamber openings 3 is at least partially embossed, so that an embossed connecting web 9 has been created between adjacent combustion chamber openings, which has a cross-section according to FIG. 3 and a top view of FIG is indicated.
  • adjacent annular supports 12 are each connected to one another by a narrow connecting web 12 1 .
  • an eyeglass-like support can therefore be used for several adjacent sealing surfaces 4.
  • the reduced number of parts makes handling easier.
  • the seals described in Figures 4 and 5 correspond to variant a) of the invention, in which the production of the height profile of the load-bearing areas and the surface pressure-absorbing areas of the topographic sealing plate is made possible by a simple thickness-reducing stamping-down step by increasing the thickness on the embossed sealing surfaces Edition is applied.
  • the pads 12 were placed only after the stamping process had been carried out.
  • FIG. 6 to 12 describe seals which correspond to variant b) of the invention.
  • the preliminary stage of these seals is again an embossed seal preform, as is shown in detail as an example in FIG. 3
  • the embossed areas of the sealing plate 2 are not built up in their thickness, but rather those areas of the sealing plate are removed which are above the embossed load-bearing areas Project sealing surfaces and hinder their support function.
  • These sealing areas are preferably removed simultaneously with the introduction of the through openings into the sealing plate 2. It is particularly simple if all of the through openings are punched out together with the disruptive, non-embossed areas of the sealing plate 2.
  • the load-bearing sealing surfaces are connected to one another by means of embossed connecting webs, so that after the areas of the sealing plate 2 that are not required are punched away, a skeleton-like sealing structure composed of supporting sealing surfaces and connecting webs remains.
  • Figure 6 shows a section of such a skeletal structure of the sealing plate 2 in cross section along the connecting line AA in Figure 1. From a preform, as shown in Figure 3, wherein a thinned connecting web 9 is stamped in the connection area between the sealing surfaces 4 If, as indicated by the dashed lines, the through-openings are punched in a punching step and also all non-embossed areas of the seal, which are not raised sealing surfaces and no connecting webs, are punched out. After the stamping step, a skeleton-like structure is therefore obtained which comprises through openings surrounded by profiled sealing surfaces and connecting webs which connect these topographically formed sealing surfaces to one another.
  • additional supporting sealing skids can be provided, which are equipped with a height profile corresponding to the topography of the sealing gap between the engine block and the cylinder head and which absorb surface pressure when the engine block and the cylinder head are clamped together.
  • a sealing skid can for example run along the edge of the seal and is also expediently connected to the remaining elements of the sealing plate 2 via connecting webs.
  • This variant is particularly suitable for multi-layer seals.
  • the embossed raised sealing surfaces are expediently fastened to an additional sealing plate.
  • Figure 7 shows a possible example. A cross section through the seal in the area between adjacent combustion chamber openings 3 is shown again.
  • a further seal layer 11 being located below the sealing plate, the outer dimensions of which essentially correspond to the sealing plate 2.
  • the sealing plate 11 in the seal according to FIG. 7 expediently has a constant thickness over its entire surface. Since it extends over the profiled sealing surfaces 4 to the combustion chamber openings 3, its thickness must be taken into account when dimensioning the height profile of the sealing surfaces 4 so that the overall height profile of the sealing surfaces 4 plus the sealing plate 11 corresponds to the topography of the sealing gap in this area ,
  • the sealing plate 11 is located on the engine block side and, accordingly, the sealing layer 2 with the embossed sealing surfaces 4 on the cylinder head side. The same applies to the seals shown in the following FIGS. 8 to 12.
  • FIG. 8 shows the seal according to FIG. 7 in the area towards the sealing edge 8 in cross-section along the line CC of FIG. 2.
  • This example illustrates the combination of a stable, non-deformable sealing area, as is known, for example, from EP 0485693 A1 with a conventional elastic seal of a through opening.
  • the combustion chamber openings 3 are sealed non-elastically with topographically designed sealing surfaces 4, as has already been described in connection with FIG. 7.
  • the edge area of the seal 1 is only sealed by elastic sealing elements which are formed in the sealing plate 11. Beads 13, which completely run around the oil openings 5, the water openings 6 and the chain case opening 10, serve as elastic sealing elements.
  • FIG. 13 which completely run around the oil openings 5, the water openings 6 and the chain case opening 10, serve as elastic sealing elements.
  • the seal 8 shows the elastic seal with the aid of a bead 13 which completely surrounds a water opening 6.
  • the bead 13 is round here, but it can just as well be an angular bead or half bead.
  • a further elastic sealing element is present on the sealing edge 8, namely a half bead 14 which runs around the outer sealing edge.
  • the preferred material of the sealing layer 11 is spring steel.
  • the seal shown is particularly well suited for engines that have a hard inner core and a softer outer jacket.
  • the engine core containing the combustion chamber openings 3 can be made of aluminum, while the outer jacket with the oil openings 5 and water openings 6 consists of magnesium.
  • the very different hardness of these two metals and their different coefficients of thermal expansion make reliable sealing of all through openings with conventional, purely elastic seals difficult on the one hand and purely steadily trained topographic on the other hand, extraordinary.
  • a very complicated sealing structure leads to satisfactory results with not always optimal sealing of the combustion chamber openings in particular, while in the latter case non-elastic topographic seals lead to an insufficient sealing of the liquid openings at the sealing edge.
  • the multi-layer seals according to the invention with stable and elastic areas solve this problem in an almost ideal manner.
  • the stable, non-deformable sealing surface areas enable reliable sealing of the combustion chamber openings 3, which are subject to high temperatures and pressures, ensure a uniform surface pressure distribution with relatively low screw forces and also prevent vibrations from being transmitted to the edge area of the seal.
  • the elastic elements of the sealing plate 11 readily absorb the changes in the sealing gap caused by the strong thermal expansion of the magnesium.
  • the sealing plate 11 is also preferably guided into the stable area of the seal above the harder aluminum core of the engine block. In the case shown, the sealing plate 11 extends up to the edge of the combustion chamber openings 3.
  • the elastic sealing plate 11 is supported on the hard aluminum core of the engine block, which reduces mechanical stress on the softer magnesium edge. This largely prevents the cylinder head gasket 1 according to the invention from digging into the magnesium casing of the engine block. In addition, the number of fastening screws in the edge area can be greatly reduced, and the clamping pressure need only be low.
  • the sealing of a chain case opening also succeeds with the seal according to the invention in a reliable manner.
  • One problem with the sealing of chain boxes is that, depending on manufacturing tolerances and deviations in the attachment of the chain boxes from engine to engine, different offsets and cracks occur in the sealing surface. These variable jumps in the counter surface to be sealed can practically not be bridged with purely stable seals.
  • FIGS. 9 to 12 show cross sections along the line DD in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 9 shows a simple variant in which the chain box opening 10 is surrounded by a half bead 14 which is formed in the elastic sealing plate 11.
  • the combustion chamber openings 3 are again surrounded by stable, topographically formed sealing surfaces 4.
  • the seal plate 11 described does not run below the sealing plate 2, so that the latter does not have to be taken into account when dimensioning the height profile of the sealing surface 4 in accordance with the topography of the sealing gap to be sealed.
  • FIG. 10 shows a further development of the area of the seal described in FIG. 9.
  • the sealing plate 2 does not end with the raised sealing surface 4, but in addition to the edge region 8 of the seal there is a further raised sealing skid 16.
  • this is expediently profiled in height and possibly also in width and adapted to the topography of the sealing gap to be sealed in this area.
  • the sealing skid 16 therefore also absorbs part of the clamping pressure when the cylinder head is attached to the engine block and has a supporting and supporting function.
  • the sealing skid 16 is expediently produced together with the sealing surfaces 4 in one and the same stamping step.
  • the sealing skid 16 can be fastened to an adjacent sealing surface 4 or another area of the sealing plate 2 via a connecting web 9, which is not shown here.
  • the sealing skid 16 leads on the one hand to a more stable fastening of the elastic sealing plate 11 to the stable area of the seal 1 and on the other hand acts as a stopper for the half bead 14.
  • the sealing skid 16 thus prevents the half bead 14 from being completely flattened when the seal is in operation. This increases the life of the half bead 14.
  • FIG. 11 shows a section of a cylinder head gasket according to the invention, which essentially corresponds to the gasket according to FIG. 10 with regard to the formation of the raised sealing surface 4, the sealing skid 16 and the attachment of the further gasket layer 11.
  • the elastic sealing element for sealing the chain case opening 10 here does not consist of a bead, but of an application 17 made of an elastomeric plastic. All elastomers that have previously been used for the elastic sealing of through openings in seals are suitable here.
  • the elastomer 17 is preferably applied to the sealing plate 11 in a screen printing process.
  • FIG. 12 shows a further variant of the chain case seal.
  • the sealing plate 11 is again brought up to the edge of the combustion chamber opening 3, so that the thickness of the sealing plate 11 must be taken into account when dimensioning the height profile in the sealing layer 2.
  • the sealing of the chain box opening 10 takes place again with a half bead 14, which, however, in contrast to the seals according to FIGS. 9 and 10, is oriented the other way round, namely from top to bottom in the direction of the chain box opening 10.
  • a crank 18 is therefore present in the sealing plate 11 adjacent to the sealing surface 4.
  • the half bead 14 is newly stabilized by a sealing skid 16, which is now arranged on the engine block side of the sealing layer 11.
  • the sealing skid 16 is expediently still above the harder aluminum core area of the engine block.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 show seals according to the invention using the example of cylinder head seals according to variant c) of the invention.
  • FIG. 13 shows the seal 1 according to the invention clamped in cross section between an engine block 19 and a cylinder head 22.
  • the bog block 19 is a so-called open-deck engine, which is open to the cylinder head 22 between the outer wall 20 and the cylinder walls 21 Has areas 23.
  • the cylinder head gasket 1 can again be produced from a gasket preform, as is exemplarily shown in FIG. 3.
  • the non-embossed sealing areas in the area of the combustion chamber openings 3, which are located in this preform on the side of the embossed sealing surfaces 4, and the other passage openings of the seal were removed by a stamping step.
  • connection areas 24 between embossed sealing surfaces 4 and non-embossed areas of at least the thickness D are reduced to a thickness d2 which is less than the thickness d of the embossed sealing surfaces 4.
  • This thickness reduction is advantageously carried out together with FIG. 14 shows a further development of the seal according to FIG. 13.
  • a compensation bead 25 is already in the stamping process for the sealing surfaces 4 in the area that will later be bent out of the plane of the sealing plate 2 imprinted.
  • All seals described above can be coated.
  • the coating is expediently present at least where the seals come into contact with the mating surfaces of the engine block and cylinder head to be sealed.
  • the coatings which are not shown here for the sake of clarity, preferably consist of a coating as described by the applicant in DE 19941410 A1.

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L'invention concerne un joint plat comprenant au moins une couche d'étanchéité dotée d'au moins un orifice de passage entièrement entouré sur au moins un coté par une surface d'étanchéité fermée et en relief. Cette surface d'étanchéité est constituée par une matière qui, sous les contraintes opérationnelles, ne se déforme pas en hauteur et résiste au fluage et à la pression. Ladite surface d'étanchéité comporte un profilé en hauteur qui correspond sensiblement à la topographie de l'interstice d'étanchéité formé entre les faces antagonistes à étancher et d'autres couches d'étanchéité éventuelles. Ce joint plat est réalisé par insertion de la surface d'étanchéité dans une plaque d'étanchéité, de telle sorte que l'épaisseur de la plaque d'étanchéité, dans la zone de la surface d'étanchéité, est au moins partiellement réduite relativement à l'épaisseur de départ de la plaque d'étanchéité, ladite épaisseur de la plaque d'étanchéité présentant en outre une des caractéristiques suivantes: a) dans la zone de la surface d'étanchéité se trouve un revêtement dont l'épaisseur, avec la hauteur de la surface d'étanchéité, représente un épaisseur totale supérieure à l'épaisseur de départ de la plaque d'étanchéité; b) des zones de la plaque d'étanchéité se trouvant à l'extérieur de la surface d'étanchéité et présentant une épaisseur au moins égale à l'épaisseur de départ de la plaque d'étanchéité sont intégralement enlevées; et c) des zones de la plaque d'étanchéité se trouvant à l'extérieur de la surface d'étanchéité et présentant une épaisseur au moins égale à l'épaisseur de départ de la plaque d'étanchéité ont été sorties par pliage hors du plan de la plaque d'étanchéité.
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