Spark plug having firing pad

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9231379
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14698339

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A spark plug has a shell, an insulator, a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a firing pad. The firing pad is made of a precious metal material and is attached to the ground electrode. The firing pad has a side surface at a peripheral edge that can be flush or nearly flush with a free end surface of the ground electrode. This construction can help improve ignitability and flame kernel growth of the spark plug during a sparking event, and can provide better thermal management at the attached ground electrode and firing pad.

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  • FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Keller, Richard L Whitehouse, US 15 97
Kowalski, Kevin J Perrysburg, US 19 74
Thomson, Nathan A Southgate, US 8 20

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