US 7,595,451 B2
	Wire mesh seal element with soft, flat, hard, and round wires
Zlatomir Kircanski, Cumberland, R.I. (US); and Sivanandi Rajadurai, Cumberland, R.I. (US)
Assigned to ACS Industries, Inc., Lincoln, R.I. (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/375,424.
Application 11/375424 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/616768, filed on Jul. 10, 2003, granted, now 7,012,195.
Prior Publication US 2006/0144614 A1, Jul. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. H01B 7/08 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 174—117M

20 Claims

1. A compressed knitted wire mesh seal element for an exhaust system, comprising a single knit tube being co-knit of a combination of an annealed soft wire and a flat, half-flat, or round wire, the co-knit tube being rolled into a ring and compressed into a geometry effective for sealing, wherein the flat, half-flat, or round wire is precipitation hardened to form a hard wire and wherein the geometry effective for sealing has a central bore and comprises a ring wall portion and a flange at one edge of the ring wall portion which extends into the central bore.