Spark plug
AssigneeNgk Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
InventorTsutomu Kobayashi
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Abstract
A spark plug includes a ground electrode and a center electrode, at least one of which includes an electrode body, an electrode tip, and a weld part formed therebetween. The weld part has an orthogonal projection on a virtual plane perpendicular to a layering direction of the electrode body and the electrode tip. The orthogonal projection includes projecting portions extending in a specific direction. The weld part satisfies a condition that a first line segment is shorter than a second line segment, wherein: the first line segment is a virtual line segment connecting peaks of adjacent two projecting portions; and the second line segment is a virtual line segment that is perpendicular to the first line segment and connects the first line segment to an outer periphery of the weld part at a point farthest from the first line segment.
Claims12
A spark plug comprising:
- a ground electrode and
- a center electrode
- wherein at least one of the ground electrode and the center electrode, as a first electrode, includes:
- an electrode body
- an electrode tip layered with the electrode body in a layering direction;
- and
- a weld part formed between the electrode body and the electrode tip;
- the weld part has an orthogonal projection on a virtual plane perpendicular to the layering direction, wherein the orthogonal projection includes a plurality of projecting portions extending in a specific direction and being arranged in a direction perpendicular to the specific direction, wherein each of the plurality of projecting portions includes a peak in the specific direction;
- the weld part satisfies a mathematical expression of B>A, where A represents a length of a first line segment, and B represents a length of a second line segment;
- the first line segment is a virtual line segment connecting the peak of a first one of the plurality of projecting portions to the peak of a second one of the plurality of projecting portions adjacent to the first projecting portion;
- and
- the second line segment is a virtual line segment that is perpendicular to the first line segment and connects the first line segment to a point of an outer periphery of the weld part, wherein the point is farthest from the first line segment in a section between the peaks of the first and second projecting portions facing the first line segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.