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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Denso Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a spark plug, a chip made of Ir alloy is partly buried into and bonded by laser beam welding on the ground electrode made of Ni base alloy. A molten portion is extended from the inside of the ground electrode through a junction of the chip and the electrode into the inside of the chip, but not formed on the spark discharge surface of the chip. Where A is a maximum length from the end of the junction on the side of the center electrode to the end of the molten portion on the junction on the side opposite to the center electrode, within the length A, B is a length of both ends of the molten portion, t is a length of the chip perpendicularly extending from the junction and d is a sum of the length t and a length of the molten portion protruding from the junction into the ground electrode, a ratio of A/B is not less than 0.5 and a ratio of d/t is not less than 2, but more than 4. When an end surface of the chip is the spark discharge surface, laser beam welding is conducted from the ground electrode toward a side of the other end surface or from the longitudinal side surface of the chip toward the ground electrode.