Spark plug having multi-layer sparking component attached to ground electrode

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9368943
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14201335

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A spark plug having a metal shell, an insulator, a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a multi-layer sparking component. The multi-layer sparking component is attached at a firing end of the ground electrode and includes a thin precious metal layer formed overtop a base metal layer and, according to some embodiments, overhangs the end of the ground electrode. The precious metal and base metal layers may be pre-manufactured together as a bi-metal ribbon, sheet or laminate before the multi-layer sparking component is attached to the ground electrode.

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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
Quitmeyer, Frederick J Rochester Hills, US 15 42
Thomson, Nathan A Southgate, US 8 20
Verhoff, Curtis W Canton, US 6 18

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