Spark plug with an electrode having a platinum-nickel fiber composite material
AssigneesBeru Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, G. Rau GmbH & Co.
InventorsOtto Loffler, Werner Niessner, Heinz Ambacher, Friedrich E. Schneider
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Abstract
Spark plug with an insulator, a center electrode placed in the insulator, a casing provided on the outside off the insulator and a casing electrode attached to the casing. The center electrode and/or the casing electrode are made using a platinum-nickel fiber composite material consisting of a platinum matrix in which nickel fibers are embedded or of a nickel matrix in which platinum fibers are embedded.
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A spark plug with an insulator, a center electrode placed in the insulator, a casing located on the outside of the insulator and a casing electrode attached to the casing, wherein at least one of the center electrode and the casing electrode comprises a platinum-nickel fiber composite material from the group consisting of a platinum metal matrix in which nickel fibers are embedded and a nickel matrix in which platinum fibers are embedded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.