摘要:
In order to test a semiconductor spark plug, a test method comprises a step consisting of depositing water on the head of the spark plug, between the two electrodes of same, so that the water forms a water meniscus covering the semiconductor element of the head, a step consisting of applying, between the first terminal and the second terminal of the spark plug, a voltage equal to the operating voltage of the spark plug, a step consisting of identifying at least a first characteristic of electric arcs induced between the electrodes during the application of the voltage, and a step consisting of determining the operational or defective character of the spark plug according to the first characteristic of the electric arcs. This test method is particularly reliable and does not require constraining provisions in order to ensure the safety of the operators implementing the method.
摘要:
An igniter plug for an aircraft turbomachine includes an external electrode, an internal electrode, as well as a semiconducting body arranged between the external electrode and the internal electrode and set back from these electrodes so as to define an electrical arc forming cavity, the bottom of which is formed by an axial end surface of the semiconducting body. The free end of the external electrode is equipped with at least one scoop for discharging possible fuel residues present in the cavity.
摘要:
A plasma jet plug has a cavity defined by a surface of a center electrode, an inner surface of an insulator, and a surface of a ground electrode. When a volume of a portion of the cavity on a front side of a front portion of the center electrode is a first volume V1 and a volume of a portion of the cavity on a rear side of the front end of the center electrode is a second volume V2, the following expression is satisfied: V1/V2≧0.20.
摘要:
An ignition plug having a center electrode, a grounding electrode, an insulator, and a metal shell. The center electrode is held by the insulator, and the insulator is held by metal shell. A cavity is formed between the grounding electrode and the center electrode. The grounding electrode is joined to the inner wall surface of the metal shell via a melting portion. In the melting portion, in a predetermined cutting surface MS including a melting deepest point DP and a central axis CX, a percentage ratio MDD of a melting depth MD of the melting portion with respect to a thickness of the grounding electrode is 5% or more, and an area Sm of a portion included in an outer circumferential side of the metal shell is 10% or more of the entire area S.
摘要:
A spark plug including: a central electrode including an upper end and a lower end; an insulating part including an upper portion and a lower portion and surrounds the central electrode so that the lower end of the central electrode extends beyond the lower portion of the insulating part; and a cap including an upper portion and a lower portion that has an end section and that surrounds the insulating part so that the lower portion of the insulating part extends beyond the lower portion of the cap. The insulating part includes an annular groove, on the external periphery thereof, on the lower end of the cap, and the lower end section of the cap is placed in the groove.
摘要:
In a spark plug, a cylindrical metal shell (1) is provided whose inner wall has a rear section and a front section to respectively serve as a diameter-increased section and a diameter-decreased section with a seat portion (1) as a boundary therebetween. An insulator (2) is fixedly placed within the metal shell (1) so that a front end surface (21) of the insulator (2) extends beyond a front end surface (12) of the metal shell (1) with a shoulder portion (231) of an insulator nose (23) engaged against the seat portion (11) of the metal shell (1) by way of a packing (10). A center electrode (3) is fixedly placed within an axial bore (22) of the insulator (2), A ground electrode (4) is connected to the front end surface (12) of the metal shell (1), and bent so that a front end surface (41) of the ground electrode (4) opposes an outer surface (311) of the center electrode (3). The outer surface (311) and a front end surface (31) of the center electrode (3) are provided to respectively serve as a firing portion so as to form a spark discharge gap (Go) with the front end surface (41) of the ground electrode (4), the front end surface (41) of the ground electrode (4) forming an air gap (G) with an outer surface (25) of the insulator (2) so as to release creeping spark discharges along a front end surface (21) of the insulator (2).
摘要:
In order to provide a multielectrode spark plug which is excellent in resistance to fouling and in which the voltage required for producing a spark can be lowered, the tip portion of at least one of plural ground electrodes is positioned by the side of an annular front end face of an insulator to form a semi-creeping spark discharging gap elongating along the surface of the insulator with the tip portion of a center electrode, and the tip portions of the ground other electrodes form aerial spark discharging gaps with the tip portion of the center electrode.
摘要:
An igniter plug is disclosed for use in jet and other internal combustion engines. The igniter plug has a center electrode having a firing tip, which is mounted within an insulator which in turn is mounted within an exterior metal shell. A ground electrode is integral with or in electrical contact relationship with the metal shell and is disposed in a spaced, spark gap relation with the firing tip of the center electrode. An electrically semiconducting surface is disposed adjacent the spark gap and in electrical contact with the center electrode and with the ground electrode. The electrically semiconducting surface is formed by a sintered ceramic body having an actual density of more than 95 percent of its theoretical maximum density, and consists essentially of 67-80 wt % of silicon carbide particles and 20-33 percent by weight of grain boundary phase of alumina particles, as well as one or more sintering aids selected from magnesia, silica or calcia. Not only is the density of the sintered ceramic body high, it is uniform. This uniform density provides for uniform electrical characteristics and increased resistance to erosion due to electrical discharges between the electrodes. The high and uniform density of the sintered ceramic body is obtained by applying pressure to the ceramic body only after reaching the sintering temperature.
摘要:
The semi-conductive ceramic composition is obtained according to the invention from (a) a basic composition containing 40 to 80% by weight of a semi-conductor which is a silicon or boron carbide, 5 to 40% by weight of a binder or of a mixture of binders chosen from aluminum oxide, beryllium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium oxide, silica and silicon nitride, and 0 to 40% of a flux of a mixture of fluxes chosen from alkaline-earth carbonates and oxides, rare earth oxides and metal silicates, and (b) 5 to 40% by weight, relative to the basic composition (a), of a heat-emitting dope chosen from titanium, barium titanate, tungsten and lanthanum boride.
摘要:
A surface gap type igniter plug comprising; a cylindrical metallic shell; a tubular insulator inserted into said metallic shell with a rear end projected from that of the insulator; a center electrode disposed to position at an innerside of the insulator, the electrode making its rear end of the insulator; a sleeve terminal located between an outerside of the electrode and an innerside of the insulator, the terminal being secured at a rear end to the center electrode by means of welding; a connector having an insulator sleeve interfit into an innerside of a metallic sleeve, the insulator sleeve being terminated short of a front end of the metallic sleeve; and the connector being securely capped to the metallic shell at a time of assemblage with the rear end of the tubular insulator interfit into an innerside of the insulator sleeve, and with the metallic shell interfit into an innerside of the metallic sleeve.