Abstract: A static sealing arrangement, comprising a strip-shaped seal of elastomeric material pre-installed in a groove formed in a first structural member and having a contact portion which protrudes, when free, and is held tightly pressed against a planar sealing surface of a second structural member is characterized in that the elastomeric material possesses the property of swelling greatly under the influence of the medium to be sealed off and is joined directly to the material of the first structural member by being formed integrally with the same, and the cross sectional profile of the seal is designed to be asymmetrical, having the contact portion offset towards the side facing air of the seal, and the wall of the groove facing the medium projects towards the sealing surface of the second structural member by such a distance, as compared to the wall of the groove which faces air, that the wall facing the medium comes to lie adjacent the sealing surface in the final assembled state of the sealing arrangement.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve having a nozzle body can be inserted into a receiving bore of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. A metal ring arranged on the nozzle body is deformed when heated, producing a radial pressure of the fuel injection valve in the receiving bore only when heated after the fuel injection valve has been inserted into the receiving bore.

Abstract: A gasket is formed of a gasket body having at least one hole to be sealed, and a sealing space situated around at least a part of the hole. A heat foamable coating is disposed only in the sealing space. The gasket is installed between two members, and then, the gasket is heated to foam the foamable coating in the sealing space. Thus, the foamable coating provides a surface pressure in the sealing space by foaming to securely seal thereat.

Abstract: A head gasket and method for making and using the same is provided wherein the head gasket includes a wire ring which has been preflattened. The preflattened ring facilitates broad load distribution and is preferably used in an internal combustion engine having a bi-metallic engine block-head arrangement wherein the head is composed of a soft metal.