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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2006
Applicants:
William J. Zdeblick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Warran Boyd Lineton, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
William J. Zdeblick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Warran Boyd Lineton, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sparkplug having ground and/or center electrodes that include a firing tip formed by reflowing of an end of wire having an opposite end carried by a feed mechanism. The present invention also includes methods of manufacturing an ignition device and electrodes therefore having a firing tip, including providing a metal electrode having a firing tip region; providing a wire having a free end and another end carried by a feed mechanism; and reflowing the free end to form a firing tip.