Spark plug
AssigneeNgk Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
InventorsHaruki Yoshida, Toshitaka Honda
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Abstract
A spark plug having improved load life performance and fixing strength of a metallic terminal to an insulator, and which reduces the incidence of breakage of the insulator when the metallic terminal is inserted into the axial hole of the insulator. The spark plug of the present invention is characterized in that the distance ((B−A)/2) between the forward end portion of the metallic terminal and the wall surface of an intermediate diameter portion of the axial hole of the insulator falls within a range of 0.02 mm to 0.2 mm, the shrinkage amount (D−C) of a connecting portion falls within a range of 6 mm to 27 mm, and the Vickers hardness of the metallic terminal at ordinary temperature falls within a range of 100 Hv to 430 Hv.
Claims7
A spark plug comprising:
- an insulator having an axial hole extending in a direction of an axis;
- a center electrode held at one end of the axial hole;
- a metallic terminal held at the other end of the axial hole;
- and
- a connecting portion which electrically connects the center electrode and the metallic terminal within the axial hole, the spark plug being characterized in that
- the metallic terminal has a first constituent portion exposed from the axial hole, and a second constituent portion accommodated in the axial hole;
- the side of the metallic terminal where the first constituent portion is provided is defined as the rear end side with respect to the direction of the axis O;
- the axial hole has an intermediate diameter portion in which a forward end portion of the second constituent portion is disposed;
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- when a diameter of the forward end portion of the second constituent portion is referred to as a forward end portion diameter (A), a diameter of the intermediate diameter portion is referred to as an intermediate diameter portion diameter (B), a length from the rear end of the center electrode to the rear end of a connecting member constituting the connecting portion is referred to as a charging length (D), and a length from the rear end of the center electrode to the forward end of the second constituent portion is referred to as a connecting portion length (C),
- a distance ((B−A)/2) between the forward end portion of the second constituent portion and the wall surface of the intermediate diameter portion falls within a range of 0.02 mm to 0.2 mm,
- a shrinkage amount (D−C) falls within a range of 6 mm to 27 mm, and
- the second constituent portion has a Vickers hardness of 100 Hv to 430 Hv at ordinary temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.