| FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY Patent applications |
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| 20120038262 | COMPOSITE CERAMIC ELECTRODE AND IGNITION DEVICE THEREWITH - A spark plug, center electrode and method of construction is provided. The spark plug has a generally annular ceramic insulator and a conductive shell surrounding at least a portion of the ceramic insulator. A ground electrode is operatively attached to the shell, with the ground electrode having a ground electrode sparking surface. A center electrode has an elongate body with a center electrode sparking surface. The center electrode sparking surface and the ground electrode sparking surface provide a spark gap. The center electrode body is constructed of a composite material including at least one ceramic material. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120025692 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR USE WITH A SPARK PLUG - A spark plug for an internal combustion engine has a center electrode, a ground electrode or both that includes an electrode material that is a Pt-based alloy. The electrode material may include platinum (Pt), at least one active element like aluminum (Al) or silicon (Si), and at least one high-melting point element such as ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), rhenium (Re), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), chromium (Cr), or a combination thereof. In at least some of the disclosed alloys, the aluminum (Al) and/or silicon (Si) contributes to the formation of a thin protective oxide layer on a surface of the electrode material. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20110127900 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR A SPARK PLUG - A spark plug electrode material that may be used in spark plugs and other ignition devices including industrial plugs, aviation igniters, glow plugs, or any other device that is used to ignite an air/fuel mixture in an engine. According to an exemplary embodiment, the electrode material includes a refractory metal (for example, tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), rhenium (Re), ruthenium (Ru) and/or chromium (Cr)) and a precious metal (for example, rhodium (Rh), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and/or iridium (Ir)), where the refractory metal is present in an amount that is greater than that of the precious metal. This includes, but is certainly not limited to, electrode materials including tungsten-based alloys such as W—Rh and ruthenium-based alloys such as Ru—Rh. Other combinations and embodiments are also possible. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110121713 | SPARK PLUG WITH PLATINUM-BASED ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A spark plug for an internal combustion engine has one or more electrodes with an electrode material of a platinum (Pt) based alloy. The alloy includes aluminum (Al) and one or more refractory metals selected from the group containing nickel (Ni), rhenium (Re), ruthenium (Ru), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo), and tungsten (W). In at least some of the disclosed alloys, the aluminum contributes to the formation of an aluminum oxide (Al | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110121712 | SPARK PLUG WITH VOLUME-STABLE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A spark plug having one or more electrodes at least partially fabricated from an aluminum-containing Ni-based alloy. The alloy is a volume-stable alloy that includes a Ni | 05-26-2011 |
| 20100175655 | IGNITER SYSTEM FOR IGNITING FUEL - This invention provides a corona discharge fuel igniter system and methods for igniting fuel in an internal combustion engine. A ceramic dielectric material is provided that significantly increases the efficiency of corona discharge to ignite the fuel in an internal combustion engine. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100059496 | METAL SHEATH GLOW PLUG - A glow plug ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20090256461 | CERAMIC SPARK PLUG INSULATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING - An insulator for a spark ignition device is disclosed which includes an electrically insulating ceramic core tube having a terminal end, a firing end and an inner bore which extends along a longitudinal bore axis from the terminal end to the firing end and an electrically insulating, ceramic core nose tube having a second outer surface and a second bore where the second outer surface of said ceramic core nose tube is in nested engagement with and directly bonded to the bore of the ceramic core tube proximate the firing end. The insulator also may include a similarly nested and directly bonded shoulder tube on an outer surface of the core tube, or a nested and directly bonded mast tube on an outer surface of the core tube. The ceramics may include alumina-based ceramics, as well other suitable ceramic materials, and the tube may be made from the same ceramic compositions or different ceramic compositions. The invention also includes a method of making the nested tube, directly boded insulators by controlling shrinkage during sintering. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090101406 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION ASSEMBLY FOR WIRING HARNESS - An electrical junction assembly for a wiring harness ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090029596 | MOLDED ELECTRICAL SOCKET - A molded lamp socket. The molded lamp socket includes a lamp base body molded from a first plastic material providing a socket cavity with an opening for receiving a lamp bulb. The molded lamp socket also includes a lead extending from a first contact portion disposed in the socket cavity to a second contact portion spaced from the socket cavity. The molded lamp socket also includes a mounting body molded from a second plastic material providing a plug cavity encircling the second contact portion. The mounting body is overmolded with respect to the lamp base body. | 01-29-2009 |
