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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Toru Nakamura, Aichi, JP;
Tomoaki Kato, Aichi, JP;
Yuichi Yamada, Aichi, JP;
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A manufacturing method for an ignition plug is provided. The method includes: preparing an insulator having a cavity provided at a leading end portion thereof by disposing a leading end of the center electrode more inwards than a leading end of the insulator; building the insulator in an interior of the metal shell such that the leading end of the insulator is situated closer to a rear end side than the leading end of the metal shell; removing at least part of a leading end portion of the metal shell which projects from a leading end face of the insulator; and disposing the ground electrode at the leading end portion of the metal shell and welding the ground electrode and the metal shell together after the removal step.