A prechamber spark plug having a housing, which at its front end comprises a prechamber with an ignition electrode arranged therein, wherein the ignition electrode comprises a base and electrode legs protruding from the base, wherein the ignition electrode is machined from a sheet made of an iridium alloy and the legs are bent out of the plane of the base to form a basket shape, characterized in that the ignition electrode, in particular the electrode legs, is/are separated out of the sheet metal by means of laser cutting. Furthermore, a corresponding ignition electrode and a method for producing such an ignition electrode are claimed.

A prechamber spark plug having a housing, which at its front end comprises a prechamber with an ignition electrode arranged therein, wherein the ignition electrode comprises a base and electrode legs protruding from the base, wherein the ignition electrode is machined from a sheet made of an iridium alloy and the legs are bent out of the plane of the base to form a basket shape, characterized in that the ignition electrode, in particular the electrode legs, is/are separated out of the sheet metal by means of laser cutting. Furthermore, a corresponding ignition electrode and a method for producing such an ignition electrode are claimed.

One example provides a spark plug including a terminal end, a firing end, an axial centerline extending between the terminal end and the firing end, and an insulative core extending between the terminal end and the firing end, the insulative core including an insulative nose proximate to the firing end, and a central bore coincident with the axial centerline extending through the insulative core. A center electrode includes an electrode wire and an electrode head. The electrode head includes an electrode plate, in a plane perpendicular to the axial centerline, the electrode plate having a cross-sectional area greater than a cross-sectional area of the insulative nose, the electrode wire mechanically and electrically connected to the electrode plate, the electrode wire extending from a bottom side of the electrode plate into the central bore at the insulative nose to form an electrical and thermal pathway with the electrode head.

A spark plug includes a central electrode member and an outer electrode member. The central electrode member includes a central base and a plurality of electrode prongs extending in an axial direction from the central base. The outer electrode member surrounds the central electrode member. The outer electrode member includes a wall that is radially spaced from the plurality of electrode prongs to allow a series of electric arcs to form between the wall and the plurality of electrode prongs. The outer electrode member and the central electrode member are sized and positioned relative to one another such that a first rate of wear of the outer electrode member, along a longitudinal axis of the spark plug, is substantially equal to a second rate of wear of the central electrode member along the longitudinal axis.

A spark plug includes a central electrode member and an outer electrode member. The central electrode member includes a central base and a plurality of electrode prongs extending in an axial direction from the central base. The outer electrode member surrounds the central electrode member. The outer electrode member includes a wall that is radially spaced from the plurality of electrode prongs to allow a series of electric arcs to form between the wall and the plurality of electrode prongs. The outer electrode member and the central electrode member are sized and positioned relative to one another such that a first rate of wear of the outer electrode member, along a longitudinal axis of the spark plug, is substantially equal to a second rate of wear of the central electrode member along the longitudinal axis.

A prechamber sparkplug includes a housing having a nozzle with a prechamber formed therein, and each of a first set and a second set of electrode prongs within the prechamber. The second set of electrode prongs downwardly depend from attachment points to the housing, and form, together with the first set of electrode prongs, spark gaps within the prechamber. Each of the anode-cathode pairs formed by the sets of electrode prongs is spaced radially inward a clearance distance from the prechamber wall to position the spark gaps in a flow of swirled gases. The flow of swirled gases displaces a flame kernel formed at the spark gaps to inhibit quenching.

A prechamber sparkplug includes a housing having a nozzle with a prechamber formed therein, and each of a first set and a second set of electrode prongs within the prechamber. The second set of electrode prongs downwardly depend from attachment points to the housing, and form, together with the first set of electrode prongs, spark gaps within the prechamber. Each of the anode-cathode pairs formed by the sets of electrode prongs is spaced radially inward a clearance distance from the prechamber wall to position the spark gaps in a flow of swirled gases. The flow of swirled gases displaces a flame kernel formed at the spark gaps to inhibit quenching.

A dual spark plug may include: a metal body made of metal material, an insulating body provided inside of the metal body and made of an insulating material, a pair of central electrodes provided inside of the insulating body and electrically connected with an ignition coil, and a pair of ground electrodes respectively extended from both ends the metal body, and spaced apart from ends of the pair of central electrodes by a predetermined distance.

A dual spark plug may include: a metal body made of metal material, an insulating body provided inside of the metal body and made of an insulating material, a pair of central electrodes provided inside of the insulating body and electrically connected with an ignition coil, and a pair of ground electrodes respectively extended from both ends the metal body, and spaced apart from ends of the pair of central electrodes by a predetermined distance.

A spark plug includes a metal body member formed of a metal material, an insulating body member provided inside the metal body member and formed of an insulating material, a pair of central electrodes provided inside the insulating body member and having different polarities, and a ground electrode extending from the metal body member between a pair of central electrodes.