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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Benedikt, Kornwestheim, DE;
Werner Herden, Gerlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 1/300 ; H01T 1/320 ; H01T 1/322 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 1/300 ; H01T 1/320 ; H01T 1/322 ;
Abstract
A spark plug is described that includes a housing, an insulator nose attached to the housing, a center electrode inserted through the insulator nose and projecting over the insulator nose tip, an intermediate electrode separated from the center electrode by a first spark gap, and a ground electrode attached to the housing. A solid-state insulating body, which forms a second spark gap in the form of a surface gap passing over the solid-state insulating body, is provided between the intermediate electrode and the ground electrode.