Ngk Spark Plug Company, Limited

Yoshitomo Iwasaki

Toshitaka Honda

Haruki Yoshida

Hironori Uegaki

Jumpei Kita

Takamitsu Mizuno

Masaaki Kumagai

Disclosed is a spark plug including: an insulator having an axial through hole formed with a first hole region and a second hole region larger in inner diameter than the first hole region; a center electrode having a collar portion disposed in the second hole region; a resistor disposed in the second hole region, with a front end of the resistor being located apart from a rear end of the center electrode; and a conductive seal material arranged at least between the center electrode and the resistor within the second hole region, wherein the center electrode has a recess recessed from the rear end thereof toward the front, wherein the recess is provided at least at a location of a maximum outer diameter section of the collar portion, and wherein the conductive seal material is filled into the recess from the rear end of the center electrode.

Spark plug

An electrically-conductive seal portion of a spark plug includes a large-diameter seal portion, a small-diameter seal portion having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the large-diameter seal portion, and a tapered seal portion disposed between the large-diameter seal portion and the small-diameter seal portion. An insulator includes a flange portion, a first middle-body portion having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the flange portion, a second middle-body portion having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the first middle-body portion, and a leg portion having an outer diameter that tapers toward a tip end of the spark plug. The tapered seal portion is disposed inside the first middle-body portion.

A spark plug having a resistor disposed within a through hole of an insulator and between a center electrode and a metal terminal so as to be spaced apart from the center electrode in a direction of an axial line; and a conductive glass seal layer provided between the resistor and the center electrode and electrically connecting the resistor and the center electrode to each other, the conductive glass seal layer has a diameter of 3.9 mm or less, and a joined surface of the conductive glass seal layer and the resistor has a convex shape toward the center electrode side. A length &#x3b1; from a rear end to a front end of the joined surface and a maximum length &#x3b2; of the conductive glass seal layer in the direction of the axial line meets a relation of &#x3b1;/&#x3b2;&#x2267;0.4.

A resistor element of a spark plug containing ZrO, wherein a target region is defined by a rectangular region where the size in the direction perpendicular to an axial line is 1800 &#x3bc;m and the size in the direction of the axial line is 2400 &#x3bc;m. In the case where the target region is divided into a plurality of square regions having lengths of 200 &#x3bc;m on a side, a transverse line-shaped region is defined by a region in a line shape that is constituted of nine square regions arranged in the direction perpendicular to the axial line. A first type region is defined by the square region where a proportion of an area of ZrOis 25% or more, and a second type region is defined by the square region where a proportion of an area of ZrOis less than 25%.

A spark plug includes an insulator having an axial hole, a center electrode inserted into a forward portion of the axial hole, a terminal electrode inserted into a rear portion of the axial hole, and an interelectrode insert which contains glass and electrically conductive carbon and is disposed in the axial hole between the center electrode and the terminal electrode. The interelectrode insert has a resistance of 1.0 k&#x3a9; to 3.0 k&#x3a9;, and the interelectrode insert has a carbon content of 1.5% by mass to 4.0% by mass at a forward portion located forward of a center point between the rear end of the center electrode and the forward end of the terminal electrode. Furthermore, the forward portion is lower in resistance than a rear portion of the interelectrode insert located rearward of the center point.

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Nagoya, Japan

Yoshitomo Iwasaki