摘要:
A spark plug including a center electrode and a ground electrode having a core portion and an outer layer covering the core portion, the core portion being formed from a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the outer layer. At least a portion in which thickness of the outer layer is 0.5 mm or less is present at a cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which the ground electrode is extended. Further, the composition of the electrode material forming the outer layer is as follows: Ni is 96 mass % or more, total of at least one kind selected from Y and rare earth elements is 0.05 mass % or more, Al is 0.5 mass % or less, and Si is 0.5 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, where the total of Ni, Y, rare earth elements, Al, Si does not exceed 100 mass %.
摘要:
A spark plug comprising an insulator, on at least a part of a surface of the insulator being formed a marking layer and a glaze layer, wherein the marking layer is exposed on the surface of the insulator and has a composition as described herein.
摘要:
An object of the invention is to provide a higher-durability spark plug provided with a center electrode and a side electrode to form a spark discharge gap between the center electrode and the side electrode, at least one of the center electrode and the side electrode including a precious metal member facing the spark discharge gap, in which a sweating phenomenon of the precious metal member can be suppressed while spark abrasion, oxidation abrasion and abnormal abrasion of the precious metal member can be suppressed. In the invention, the spark plug (100) comprises a center electrode (3), and a side electrode (4) located on one side of the center electrode (3) so that a spark discharge gap (G) is formed between the center electrode (3) and the side electrode (4). The center electrode (3) and the side electrode (4) include first and second precious metal tips (33) and (43) respectively. The first and second precious metal tips (33) and (43) face the spark discharge gap (G) so that the spark discharge gap (G) is formed. The precious metal tips (33) and so on contain Ir as a main component, 0.3 mass % to 43 mass % of Rh, 5.2 mass % to 41 mass % of Ru, and 0.4 mass % to 19 mass % of Ni.
摘要:
A spark plug including a center electrode and a ground electrode having a gap between the center electrode and the ground electrode, the ground electrode has an outer layer which is formed from an Ni-based alloy and a core portion which is covered by the outer layer and formed from a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the outer layer. Further, the melting point of the Ni-based alloy forming the outer layer is 1150° C. or more and 1350° C. or less.
摘要:
A spark plug includes a tubular metallic shell; a tubular insulator in the tubular metallic shell located at a front end of the metallic shell and having an axial hole extending in the axial direction; and a center electrode inserted into the axial hole. The center electrode has a space-forming portion which forms, in cooperation with a wall surface of the axial hole, an annular space open frontward in the axial direction, and a main body portion extending rearward from the rear end of the space-forming portion. The thickness of the insulator is 0.6 mm or less as measured on a cross section and contains the front end of the metallic shell. The axial distance between the boundary portion and the front end of the metallic shell is 0.4 mm or greater, where the boundary portion is formed between the space-forming portion and the main body portion.
摘要:
A spark plug (100) includes: a center electrode (2); and a ground electrode (30) which is to be exposed in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and which forms a spark discharge gap with the center electrode (2), wherein at least one of the center electrode (20) and the ground electrode (30) contains an electrode material whose principal component is Ni and in which an intermetallic compound is precipitated at least intergranularly and intragranularly.
摘要:
An insulator for spark plug comprises an alumina-based sintered body comprising: Al2O3 as a main component; and at least one component (hereinafter referred to as “&bgr; component”) selected from the group consisting of Ca component, Sr component and Ba component, wherein the alumina-based sintered body comprises particles comprising a compound comprising the &bgr; component and Al component, the compound having a molar ratio of the Al component to the &bgr; component of 4.5 to 6.7 as calculated in terms of oxides thereof, and has a relative density of 90% or more.
摘要翻译:一种用于火花塞的绝缘体包括:氧化铝基烧结体,其包括:Al 2 O 3作为主要成分; 以及选自由Ca成分,Sr成分和Ba成分组成的组中的至少一种成分(以下称为“β成分”),其中,所述氧化铝系烧结体包含含有β成分和Al成分的化合物的粒子, 所述化合物的Al成分与β成分的摩尔比以其氧化物计算为4.5〜6.7,相对密度为90%以上。
摘要:
A spark plug including a center electrode and a ground electrode having a core portion and an outer layer covering the core portion, the core portion being formed from a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the outer layer. At least a portion in which thickness of the outer layer is 0.5 mm or less is present at a cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which the ground electrode is extended. Further, the composition of the electrode material forming the outer layer is as follows: Ni is 96 mass % or more, total of at least one kind selected from Y and rare earth elements is 0.05 mass % or more, Al is 0.5 mass % or less, and Si is 0.5 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, where the total of Ni, Y, rare earth elements, Al, Si does not exceed 100 mass %.
摘要:
The object of the invention is to provide a spark plug including a central electrode and/or a ground electrode with a gap, which can suppress generation of corrosion-like generated foreign substances while maintaining high thermal conductivity and high strength. The gap between the central electrode and the ground electrode with at least one of the central electrode and the ground electrode formed from an electrode material including 96% by mass or more of Ni, in which the electrode material includes a total content of from 0.05% by mass to 0.45% by mass of at least one selected from a group consisting of Y and rare earth elements, 0.05% by mass or more of Mn, and a total content of 0.01% by mass or more of at least one selected from a group consisting of Ti, V, and Nb, and the ratio (a/b) of the total content (a) of Ti, V, and Nb to the content (b) of Mn is from 0.02 to 0.40.
摘要:
A spark plug including a center electrode and a ground electrode. A center electrode noble metal tip is joined to a leading end portion of a center electrode, and a ground electrode noble metal tip is joined to a center-electrode-side side surface of the ground electrode. A distal end portion of the ground electrode noble metal tip protrudes from a distal-end surface of the ground electrode by 0.1 mm to 1.5 mm. A center-electrode-side side surface of the ground electrode noble metal tip projects from a center-electrode-side side surface by 0.15 mm to 0.6 mm. The ground electrode includes chamfered portions. Thickness lengths and widthwise lengths of the respective chamfered portions achieved within a cross section perpendicular to a center axis of the ground electrode are set to 0.2 mm or more.