摘要:
A spark plug including an insulator having an axial hole, a center electrode held at one end side and a terminal electrode held at the other end side of the axial hole, an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the center electrode and the terminal electrode inside the axial hole, wherein the electrical connection portion includes a conductor including a ceramic phase and a metal wire having a spiral structure portion, wherein the metal wire has a wire diameter of 0.1 mm or greater and 0.5 mm or smaller, and wherein the spiral structure portion of the metal wire is configured such that an outer diameter thereof is 1.0 mm or greater and 3 mm or smaller, a pitch thereof is 0.3 mm or greater and 1 mm or smaller, and a height thereof is 8 mm or greater and 30 mm or smaller.
摘要:
A spark plug includes an insulator having a through hole formed therein in a direction of an axis, a center electrode disposed in a front side of the through hole, a metal terminal disposed in a rear side of the through hole, an electrical connection part arranged in the through hole to establish electrical connection between the center electrode and the metal terminal and a metal shell holding therein the insulator. The electrical connection part has a conductor including a conductive material and at least one kind of Fe-containing oxide material. The Fe-containing oxide material contains at least FeO. The conductor satisfies a relationship of 0.06 ≤ S1/(S1+S2) ≤ 0.46 where, in a cross section taken along the axis, S1 is an area occupied by the conductive material and S2 is an area occupied by the Fe-containing oxide material.
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:
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).
摘要:
There is provided a test method for detecting the presence or absence of a defect in a spark plug insulator, including a reference voltage determination process, a test area determination process, a test voltage determination process and a current detection process. In the reference voltage determination process, a reference voltage V F is determined. In the test area and voltage determined processes, test area and voltage are determined so as not to incur a flashover on the basis of a reference insulator of the same material, shape and size as the spark plug insulator when the reference insulator is placed in position between first and second test electrodes. In the current detection step, the test voltage is applied between the first and second test electrodes to detect an electric current between the first and second test electrodes.
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).
摘要:
A spark plug 1 having an insulator 3 with a leg portion 16 whose outer circumferential surface has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.5 µm or less. The leg portion has a first section 41, a second section 42, and a third section 43. The first section has an outer diameter that decreases toward the forward end of the first section. The second section is located forward of and adjacent to the first section and its outer diameter decreases toward the forward end of the second section. The outer circumferential surface of the second section is located inward of a first straight line L41 passing through the base and forward ends of the outer circumferential surface of the first section. The third section is located forward of and adjacent to the second section. The outer diameter of the third section is equal to or less than a forward end outer diameter Ds of the second section over the entire third section.
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).