Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spark plug for internal combustion engine
- Patent Title (中): 内燃机火花塞
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Application No.: US12810652Application Date: 2008-12-25
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Publication No.: US08640666B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Kameda , Katsutoshi Nakayama , Kaori Kishimoto , Tomoaki Kato
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Kameda , Katsutoshi Nakayama , Kaori Kishimoto , 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: JP2007-338712 20071228; JP2008-150201 20080609
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/073559 WO 20081225
- International Announcement: WO2009/084575 WO 20090709
- Main IPC: H01T13/20
- IPC: H01T13/20 ; H01T13/39

Abstract:
A spark plug includes a center electrode extending along an axial line, a ground electrode, and a noble metal tip. A center axis of the noble metal tip is displaced from a center axis of the ground electrode toward a base-end side in the axial line. The ground electrode includes an outer layer and an inner layer, and a distal end of the inner layer is closer to the axial line than a base end of the ground electrode. An overlap area between the inner layer and the noble metal tip occupies a ratio of 25% or more in a projective plane defined by projecting, along the center axis, a plane of the ground electrode viewed from a distal-end face on a cross section of the ground electrode in which a maximum cross-sectional area of the inner layer is achieved, among cross sections orthogonal to the center axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100275870A1 SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2010-11-04
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