Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spark plug
- Patent Title (中): 火花塞
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Application No.: US13146816Application Date: 2010-01-27
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Publication No.: US08476817B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Naomichi Miyashita , Mamoru Musasa , Akira Suzuki , Kazuyoshi Torii , Tomoaki Kato
- Applicant: Naomichi Miyashita , Mamoru Musasa , Akira Suzuki , Kazuyoshi Torii , Tomoaki Kato
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-018643 20090129
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/000447 WO 20100127
- International Announcement: WO2010/087158 WO 20100805
- Main IPC: H01T13/20
- IPC: H01T13/20

Abstract:
The present invention provides a spark plug which is capable of suppressing a occurrence of crack and separation by determining a structural configuration of a melting portion formed in a junction portion between a discharge portion and a pedestal portion which form an ignition portion that protrudes from a ground electrode. In a profile line shape of a cross section including a center axis P of an ignition portion 80, an exposure surface 88 of a melting portion 83 connects a side surface 82 of a discharge portion 81 and a side surface 85 of a pedestal portion 84. Further, an exterior angle θ formed between an imaginary line Q, which passes through a boundary position X1 between the melting portion 83 and the pedestal portion 84 and a boundary position X2 between the melting portion 83 and the discharge portion 81, and the center axis P at a node C, satisfies 135°≦θ≦175°. Furthermore, a proportion T/S of a forming depth T of the melting portion 83 to an outside diameter S of the discharge portion 81 satisfies T/S≧0.5.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110294369A1 SPARK PLUG Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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