摘要:
The present invention provides a highly reliable spark plug used for an internal-combustion engine and including an insulator with a high withstand voltage, and a method for manufacturing the same. Namely, it provides a spark plug containing a cylindrical metal shell having an insulator holding hole, a cylindrical insulator including an axial hole therein which extends in an axial direction, and engaging with said insulator holding hole of said metal shell, and a center electrode held in said axial hole of said insulator, wherein said insulator has a texture in which one or more pores exposed in a judgment area with 50µm in diameter occupy 40% or less of said judgment area at any locations in an observation area, in the case where a predetermined mirror-finishing section of an enclosed portion surrounded by said metal shell is used as said observation area to observe pores exposed in said observation.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing an insulating member 2 for a spark plug, the insulating member 2 including an axial hole 4 extending in an axial direction, in which a center electrode 5 is held at a front end side of the axial hole and a terminal 6, e.g. a metal terminal, is held at a rear end side of the axial hole. The method includes: a pressurized forming step of compressing raw powder PM to form a molding CP1 having a hole portion HL, of which a rear end side is opened and a front end side is closed; a support pin inserting step of inserting a rod-shaped support pin 61 into the hole portion 112 from the rear end side of the molding; and a grinding step of grinding an outer circumferential surface of the molding CP1 inserted with the support pin 61 to form an unfired insulating member IP having a shape of the insulating member 2, wherein after the pressurized forming step and before the grinding step, a front end removing step of cutting a front end portion of the molding or grinding the front end portion in an axial direction to penetrate the hole portion is included.
摘要:
The present invention provides a highly reliable spark plug used for an internal-combustion engine and including an insulator with a high withstand voltage, and a method for manufacturing the same. Namely, it provides a spark plug containing a cylindrical metal shell having an insulator holding hole, a cylindrical insulator including an axial hole therein which extends in an axial direction, and engaging with said insulator holding hole of said metal shell, and a center electrode held in said axial hole of said insulator, wherein said insulator has a texture in which one or more pores exposed in a judgment area with 50µm in diameter occupy 40% or less of said judgment area at any locations in an observation area, in the case where a predetermined mirror-finishing section of an enclosed portion surrounded by said metal shell is used as said observation area to observe pores exposed in said observation.
摘要:
A spark plug 100 with a built-in resistor comprises an insulator 2 having an axially extending passing-through-hole 6, a terminal metal fitting 13 fixed within the passing-through-hole 6 at an end thereof, a center electrode 3 fixed within the same passing-through-hole at the other end thereof and a resistor 15 provided between the terminal metal fitting 13 and the center electrode 3 within the passing-through-hole 6. The resistor 15 comprises a mixture of a glass material portion with an electrically conductive material portion, said resistor 15 being directly in contact with at least one of said terminal metal fitting 13 and said center electrode 3, wherein said resistor composition comprises at least one auxiliary elemental component selected from the group consisting of Zn, Sb, Sn, Ag and Ni in a total amount of 0.02 to 2wt%.
摘要:
A spark plug 100 is configured such that an insulator 2 is formed of alumina ceramic, and the diameter of a through-hole 6 is not greater than 4 mm as measured at a position where conductive seal materials 16 and 17 are disposed. The coefficient of linear expansion of the conductive seal materials 16 and 17 is adjusted to not greater than 6.5×10 -6 /°C.
摘要:
An ignition plug (1) includes an insulator (2) having an axial hole (4) extending therethrough in the direction of an axial line (CL1), a center electrode (5) inserted into a forward end portion of the axial hole (4), and a metallic shell (3) disposed externally of the insulator (2). The insulator (2) includes a step portion (14) engaged with an inner circumferential portion of the metallic shell (3) and a leg portion (13) extending forward from the forward end of the step portion (14). The porosity of the leg portion (13) is 3.0% or less. Of three regions of the leg portion (13) obtained by radially trisecting it in a cross section perpendicular to the axial line (CL1), the outermost region is defined as a first region (AR1) and the innermost region is defined as a second region (AR2). The porosity of the first region (AR1) is equal to or more than 1.20 times the porosity of the second region (AR2).
摘要:
[Objective] To improve strength and dielectric strength performance of an insulator used in a spark plug [Means for Solution] In an insulator used in a spark plug and comprising a sintered compact whose main constituent is alumina, in the sintered compact, a content ratio of a rare earth element (R. E.) and a group 2 element (2A) satisfies 0.1 ≤ R. E./2A ≤ 1.4, and the content ratio of the R. E. and barium oxide (BaO) satisfies 0.2 ≤ BaO/R. E. ≤ 0.8. At least one virtual rectangular frame of 7.5 µm × 50 µm surrounding crystals containing the rare earth element lies within a region of 630 µm × 480 µm in any cross section of the sintered compact. An occupancy rate of an area of the crystal containing the rare earth element to an area of the rectangular frame is greater than or equal to 5% and, in each of the divided regions when the rectangular frame is equally divided into three in a direction of a long side, a ratio of the maximum area occupancy rate and the minimum area occupancy rate of the area occupancy rates of the crystal containing the rare earth element is less than or equal to 5.5%.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an insulator includes: preparing a press pin (50) and a forming die (80) having a cavity (83), the press pin (50) including a pin-side spiral portion (54) formed on a first position; filling a raw powder (GP) into the cavity (80); arranging the press pin (50) within the cavity (83); pressing the raw powder (GP) within the cavity (83) along with the press pin (50), and obtaining a green body (PC1) formed with a green body-side spiral portion; releasing the green body (PC1) along with the press pin (50) from the cavity (83); retreating the press pin (50) with respect to the green body (PC1) while rotating the press pin (50) relative to the green body (PC1) around an axis, and extracting the press pin (50) from the green body (PC1) ; and removing an unnecessary portion from the green body (PC1). The first position is positioned such that the green body-side spiral portion is located in the unnecessary portion of the green body (PC1).