EP1269590A1 - Bougie d'allumage pour moteur a combustion interne - Google Patents

Bougie d'allumage pour moteur a combustion interne

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EP1269590A1
EP1269590A1 EP01911425A EP01911425A EP1269590A1 EP 1269590 A1 EP1269590 A1 EP 1269590A1 EP 01911425 A EP01911425 A EP 01911425A EP 01911425 A EP01911425 A EP 01911425A EP 1269590 A1 EP1269590 A1 EP 1269590A1
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electrode
erosion
spark plug
resistant area
resistant
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Lars Menken
Bernd Reinsch
Klaus Hrastnik
Dietrich Trachte
Klaus Czerwinski
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00—Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/20—Sparking plugs characterised by features of the electrodes or insulation
    • H01T13/39—Selection of materials for electrodes

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  • a spark plug for an internal combustion engine is already known (EP 0 785 604 B1), which has a central electrode, the central electrode consisting of a central electrode base body and a noble metal plate as a highly erosion-resistant area.
  • the precious metal plate is attached to the end face of the central electrode body facing the combustion chamber. It is also known from EP 0 785 604 B1 that precious metal plates can be applied to the end face of the central electrode base body facing the combustion chamber by laser welding or resistance welding.
  • the precious metal plate consists of a platinum, iridium or platinum-based alloy and the central electrode base body made of a nickel alloy.
  • a spark plug center electrode is known, which is produced by extrusion.
  • Such a center electrode has an area made of highly erosion-resistant material at the combustion chamber end.
  • Such a high erosion-resistant area of The center electrode consists, for example, of platinum or an alloy of platinum metals.
  • the spark plug according to the invention with the features of the independent claim has the advantage that different coefficients of thermal expansion between the electrode base body and the area which is highly resistant to erosion and consists of noble metal alloys are adapted. This results in a reduction in thermomechanical stresses in the transition between the highly erosion-resistant area, which consists of precious metals, and the electrode body. This can improve the durability of the welded joint and thus extend the life of the spark plug.
  • the use of nickel reduces the material costs.
  • the materials of the electrode base and the high-erosion-resistant area have a greater similarity in physical properties due to the addition of nickel, e.g. in melting point, which leads to a better connection of the materials during welding.
  • Oxidation resistance on as iridium-nickel alloys It is furthermore advantageous that the high-erosion-resistant area protrudes in the direction of the spark gap beyond the end face of the electrode base body on the spark-gap side, since the spark emerges from the area of the high-erosion-resistant material. It is furthermore advantageous that the area which is resistant to high erosion has a height of between 1 mm and 0.2 mm, or a diameter of up to 2 mm. The area that is highly resistant to burning thus has the right size to provide enough space for the spark to escape and not to extract too much heat from the volume in which the spark is generated.
  • FIG. 1 shows a view from the side of an end of a combustion chamber in accordance with the invention
  • Central electrode of a spark plug according to the invention schematically in a view from above
  • 7 shows the end of a ground electrode of a spark plug according to the invention pointing in the direction of the spark gap schematically in a view from the side and
  • Figure 8 shows the view of the combustion chamber end of a center electrode and a ground electrode of a spark plug according to the invention schematically from the side.
  • FIG. 1 the end of a spark plug on the combustion chamber side is shown schematically in one view
  • the spark plug has a metallic tubular housing 3 which is radially symmetrical, an insulator 6 is arranged in a central bore along the axis of symmetry of the metallic housing, which runs coaxially, in a central one which runs along the longitudinal axis of the insulator
  • a central electrode 11 is arranged at the end of the combustion chamber, which projects out of the bore at the end of the insulator at the end of the combustion chamber in this exemplary embodiment
  • the end of the central electrode is arranged in the bore of the insulator 6, not shown, an electrically conductive glass melt which connects the central electrode to the connecting bolt, not shown, which is also arranged in the central bore of the insulator.
  • One or more ground electrodes 9 are also arranged at the combustion chamber end of the metallic housing.
  • the one over the connecting bolt, the electrically conductive one Glass melt and the electrical energy reaching the end of the spark plug on the combustion chamber side now causes a spark to flash over between the central electrode and one or more ground electrodes, which ignites the fuel-air mixture in the combustion chamber.
  • the path 13 with the shortest distance, which is formed between a point on the surface of the center electrode 11 and a point on the surface of the ground electrode, is called the spark gap 13.
  • the central electrode has a central electrode base body 113, a region 115 which is highly resistant to burning being arranged on the central electrode base body 113 at the end on the combustion chamber side.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the central electrode forms one end of the spark gap 13, so that the spark flashes directly in the area of the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the central electrode.
  • the highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode is characterized by a high resistance to spark erosion and corrosion, so that a long service life of the spark plug is ensured.
  • This highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode has an end face 117 facing the spark gap.
  • the highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode ensures that corrosion or oxidation of the center electrode 11 at the end on the combustion chamber side is minimized.
  • the central electrode base body 113 consists of nickel or a nickel alloy, mostly with a copper core.
  • the high erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode consists of an alloy with the components iridium and nickel, the nickel content preferably being greater than 10 atom%, ie Ir] _oo- ⁇ Ni ⁇ r, preferably 10 atom% ⁇ x.
  • the element platinum is additionally selected as an alloy component of the highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the central electrode, the composition preferably being chosen as follows: IryNi x Pt] _o ⁇ -yx 'where 10 atom% ⁇ x ⁇ 30 atom% and
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode consists of an iridium-nickel-rhodium alloy with the following composition: IryNi x Rh_oo-yx 'where 10 atom% ⁇ x ⁇ 30 atom% and 50 atom% ⁇ y ⁇ 80 atomic%.
  • the preferably high nickel content between 10 atomic% and 30 atomic% ensures that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the central electrode and the
  • Center electrode base body 113 are adjusted to one another in such a way that low mechanical stresses occur during high thermal loads and the service life of the center electrode is thus increased. Because of the high nickel content, the area 115 of the center electrode that is highly erosion-resistant is also more cost-effective than a region that is resistant to high erosion and consists only of precious metals. Furthermore, iridium-nickel-platinum alloys and iridium-nickel-rhodium alloys have better oxidation resistance than iridium-nickel alloys.
  • a further exemplary embodiment of the end of a central electrode on the combustion chamber side is shown schematically in cross section in FIG. A region 115 of the central electrode which is resistant to high erosion is again arranged at the end of a central electrode base body 113 on the combustion chamber side.
  • the composition of the highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the central electrode or of the central electrode base body 113 is selected analogously to the compositions described with reference to FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 5 which also represents a further exemplary embodiment of the center electrode of a spark plug according to the invention, the area 115 of the center electrode that is subject to high erosion protrudes so far into the base body 113 of the central electrode that the end face 117 of the region 115 of the center electrode that is subject to high erosion faces the area facing the spark gap Forms end face 119 of the central electrode body 113.
  • a further exemplary embodiment of a center electrode 11 is shown schematically in cross section in FIG. 6a.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 115 is arranged here in such a way that it has a cylindrical shape, the central electrode base body 113 being continued in an axial, cylindrical volume up to the end of the central electrode 11 on the combustion chamber side.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 115 accordingly forms an area on the circumference of the central electrode 11 at the end of the central electrode 11 on the combustion chamber side. In the view of the central electrode 11 from above in FIG forms a circular ring around the center circle.
  • Such an arrangement of the erosion-resistant area is particularly advantageous when the spark overlaps in the radial direction at the center electrode 11, that is, when the spark gap 13 extends in such a way that the point on the surface of the center electrode 11 leads to the shortest connecting path between a point belongs on the surface of the center electrode 11 and a point on the surface of the ground electrode 9, is located on the combustion chamber side peripheral surface of the center electrode.
  • Such a course of the spark gap 13 is given, for example, when the ground electrode 9, as shown, for example, in FIG. 8, is positioned laterally on the center electrode 11.
  • the center electrode is placed laterally on the insulator 6, so that the spark slides over the combustion chamber end face of the insulator to the center electrode 11.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 115 is arranged analogously to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6a in such a way that it is not located directly at the end of the central electrode 11 on the combustion chamber side, but in a specific, fixed position predetermined distance from the combustion chamber end of the center electrode 11.
  • the central electrodes 11 shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 have the same composition in their highly erosion-resistant area 115 and in their central electrode base body 113 as is described in FIG. 2.
  • the center electrodes shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 are produced in such a way that the area 115 of the center electrode which is resistant to high erosion is applied to the end surface of the center electrode base body 113 on the combustion chamber side by means of laser or resistance welding. Even if the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode protrudes into the center electrode via the spark gap-side end face 119 of the center-electrode base body 113, the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode is applied by means of welding, by providing a recess in the center-electrode base body 113 into which the area that is subject to high-erosion 115 of the center electrode is inserted before it is welded. Analogous to the production of the center electrode by means of welding, in a further exemplary embodiment the center electrode is produced in such a way that the area 115 which is resistant to high erosion points onto the
  • the center electrode 11 is produced by means of extrusion, the end of the center electrode produced by means of extrusion optionally also, for example, using a cutting tool
  • Processing method is processed so that at least part of the end face of the combustion chamber end of Center electrode is formed by the highly erosion-resistant area 115.
  • the center electrodes described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6 can also be designed in such a way that the end of the center electrode base body 113 and / or of the highly erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode on the combustion chamber side tapers.
  • FIG. 7 schematically shows a view from the side of a ground electrode 9 at the end pointing in the direction of the spark gap.
  • the ground electrode has a ground electrode body 93, on which a highly erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode is arranged in the direction of the spark gap.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode analogous to the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode, forms the area on which the spark flashes over.
  • the highly erosion-resistant area 93 of the ground electrode must also have a high resistance to spark erosion and corrosion.
  • the end face 97 of the high-erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode pointing in the direction of the spark gap has the largest surface area in comparison to the other surfaces of the high-erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode.
  • the composition of the ground electrode base body 93 corresponds to the composition of the
  • Center electrode base body 113 The composition of the high-erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode corresponds to one of the compositions of the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode, which were explained with reference to FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 8 shows a further exemplary embodiment for a ground electrode of a spark plug according to the invention in one View from the side. Furthermore, a view from the side of a combustion-chamber end of a central electrode 11 and an insulator 6 can also be seen schematically Center electrode to each other, the end face 99 of the ground electrode base body 93 pointing in the direction of the spark gap results on another surface.
  • the composition of the high-erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode also corresponds in this exemplary embodiment to one of the compositions of the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode explained with reference to FIG.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 115 of the center electrode is produced or the high-erosion-resistant area 95 is produced on the ground electrode 9.
  • the high-erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode is placed on the flat surface 99 of the ground electrode applied or introduced into a recess on the end face lying in the direction of the spark gap.
  • the ground electrode 9 is produced analogously to the central electrode by means of laser or resistance welding, by means of solders or by means of extrusion.
  • the ground electrode 9 can also have a tapered, highly erosion-resistant area 95 of the ground electrode and / or ground electrode base body 93.
  • a highly erosion-resistant area can either be arranged on at least one ground electrode 9 or the center electrode 11 or both on at least one ground electrode 9 and the center electrode 11.

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La présente invention concerne une bougie d'allumage pour moteur à combustion interne, comprenant au moins deux électrodes (9, 11). Une de ces électrodes représente au moins une électrode centrale (11) et l'autre de ces électrodes représente au moins une électrode de masse (9). Un écartement d'électrode (13) est formé entre ladite électrode de masse (9) et ladite électrode centrale (11). Chacune des électrodes (9, 11) présente un corps de base d'électrode (93, 113). Au moins une électrode présente une zone hautement résistante à l'usure (95, 115) qui constitue au moins une partie de la face frontale de l'électrode (97, 117), qui fait face à l'écartement d'électrode. Cette zone hautement résistante à l'usure (95, 115) est constituée d'un alliage contenant au moins les éléments iridium et nickel.
EP01911425A 2000-03-29 2001-02-06 Bougie d'allumage pour moteur a combustion interne Withdrawn EP1269590A1 (fr)

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DE10015642A DE10015642A1 (de) 2000-03-29 2000-03-29 Zündkerze für eine Brennkraftmaschine
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