Spark plug with supply passage for fuel, and a system with same
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Ignition Company
InventorsWerner Niessner, Andreas Zeh, Matthias Blankmeister
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AssigneeFederal-Mogul Ignition Company
InventorsWerner Niessner, Andreas Zeh, Matthias Blankmeister
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A system composed of a water sleeve and a spark plug for an internal combustion engine. The spark plug has a supply passage, a center conductor, an insulator surrounding the center conductor, and a metallic body surrounding the insulator. A center electrode and at least one ground electrode form a spark air gap. In the region of its front end, the spark plug has an external thread for screwing the spark plug into a component of the internal combustion engine and has at least one discharge opening of the supply passage. The spark plug, at its front end, has, attached to the body, a sleeve that contains the external thread; the body has, on its outside, at least one groove that forms a section of the supply passage; and the sleeve has a heat conducting section that contains at least a part of the external thread and that is in contact with the body and covers at least portions of the groove.
A spark plug for an internal combustion engine, having the following features:
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