Patents by Inventor Michael Sroka

Michael Sroka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for production of a flat gasket material
    Patent number: 5510069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat gasket material and to a process for the production thereof and of a flat gasket therefrom. In the process according to the invention the flat gasket material is preferably constituted by an indeterminate length sheet or web of a carrier material, which is printed on one or two sides with a sealing layer. The finished printed sheet or web of indeterminate length is subsequently punched out to the desired flat gasket shape. The sealing layer is a geometrical structure that is the same on both sides of the sheet and congruent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Reinz-Dichtungs-Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuppler, Michael Sroka, Fritz Ebersberger, Kurt Osterle
  • Elbow gasket having middle and side support sealing beads
    Patent number: 4993723
    Abstract: A flat gasket, especially an intake elbow gasket for an internal combustion engine. The gasket has projecting sealing parts, especially sealing beads, for producing a defined pressure. Those sealing parts that are provided at critical areas of the flat gasket are provided with at least one additional sealing portion, which projects beyond the associated sealing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Reinz-Dichtungs- Gesellschaft mit beschrankter/Haftung
    Inventors: Michael Sroka, Peter Grosch, Ingo Kremer