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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Judith P. Kraft, Pendleton, IN (US);
Patrick L. Gibson, Marion, IN (US);
James Alva Boyer, Anderson, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A spark ignition assembly for use in a spark ignition system of an internal combustion engine, and an assembly method therefor. The spark ignition assembly includes a housing within which a spark plug, ignition coil and connector are housed. The spark plug has an insulator body, a first electrode and a ground electrode at a first end of the insulator body, and a terminal at an oppositely-disposed second end of the insulator body. The ignition coil is electrically connected to the terminal of the spark plug and to the connector, through which an electric voltage is applied to the ignition coil. The housing preferably contains a liquid injection molding (LIM) compound that surrounds the ignition coil and at least portions of the connector and spark plug.