US Patent 7204218 Sealing arrangement and cylinder head cover with such sealing arrangement

The invention relates to a sealing arrangement with at least one hole through which the sealing arrangement is adapted to be attached to the contact surface of a device which is to be sealed. One area of the sealing arrangement around the hole containing a stiffening element which extends in the manner of a perforated disk at least in this area, which has an inside area which is formed continuing axially in the direction to the contact surface, and contains an elastomer element which is joined to the inside area of the stiffening element, locking it in the radial direction. The elastomer element has a bulge to the inside.