Engine valve cover gasket with electrical bridge
CA 2022334 C · Owner: Lenell, Robert C. · Inventors: Lenell, Robert C.; Mathews, Will W.; Warmoth, Thomas B.
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A plastic gasket assembly of substantially increased thickness, compared to present day elastomeric or composition gaskets, for use in sealing an engine valve cover to a cylinder head thereof, the gasket including a portion incorporating an electrical conductor for creating an electrical bridge through the sealing area between the cylinder head and valve cover by means of which exterior control circuitry can be electrically coupled to electrical or electronic devices disposed internally of the valve cover. In a first embodiment, the wires connecting the devices to the control unit are simply molded into the gasket whereas in a second embodiment, the gasket is drilled or molded to provide …
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- Filed July 25, 1990 and granted May 28, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 25, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 25, 2012.
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