US Patent 9822879 Flat seal having a solid bead

A metallic flat gasket with a solid bead has at least one metallic layer (2), wherein the metallic gasket comprises at least one solid bead (6), which is formed in at least one layer (2) of the metallic gasket, wherein the solid bead (6) comprises two flanks (8, 10) lying opposite one another. The gasket comprises, between the two flanks (8, 10) in the circumferential direction of the solid bead (6), at least one row (12, 14, 16) of adjacent depressions or bead sections (18, 20, 22), which in each case form an integral contour with the solid bead (6) and are orientated in the opposite direction with respect to the solid bead (6).