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Resistor built-in spark plug

US4004183A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1975
Grant dateJan 18, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 30, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B2075/027
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A resistor built-in spark plug comprising an insulator formed therein with an axially extending bore, a terminal nut fitted in an upper end portion of the bore, a center electrode fitted in a lower end portion of the bore, a resistor arranged in a central portion of the bore, one copper-glass electrode interposed between the resistor and the terminal nut, and another copper-glass electrode interposed between the resistor and the center electrode, such resistor being made by firing (calcining) and solidifying a resistor powder mixture consisting of 30 to 10 volume % of a principal resistor component containing tin oxide, 35 to 85 volume % of insulating ceramic filler powder of a higher electric resistivity than the principal resistor component which is selected from the group consisting of quartz glass, alumina, zircon, zirconia, silica (SiO.sub.2) and .beta.-spodumene, and 35 to 5 volume % of glass powder having a softening temperature in a range between 300.degree. and 600.degree. C. One or both of the two copper-glass electrodes may consist of two electrode layers, one copper-glass layer maintained in contact wth the resistor and having a higher copper content than the other copp…

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