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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2006
Wataru Matsutani, Nagoya, JP;
Junichi Kagawa, Nagoya, JP;
Wataru Matsutani, Nagoya, JP;
Junichi Kagawa, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Spark plug has a central electrode, an insulator provided exterior to the central electrode, main metallic shell provided exterior to the insulator in such a way that the central electrode protrudes from one end, and a ground electrode coupled at one end to the main metallic shell and which has the other end disposed to face the central electrode, with a chip being secured to either the central electrode or the ground electrode or both to form spark discharge gap g. The chip is made of a metal based on Ir which contains Rh in an amount ranging from 3 to 50 wt (50 wt % being not inclusive).