EP2118973A1 - Zündkerze mit einem isolator aus hochreiner aluminiumoxid-keramik - Google Patents
Zündkerze mit einem isolator aus hochreiner aluminiumoxid-keramikInfo
- Publication number
- EP2118973A1 EP2118973A1 EP07856717A EP07856717A EP2118973A1 EP 2118973 A1 EP2118973 A1 EP 2118973A1 EP 07856717 A EP07856717 A EP 07856717A EP 07856717 A EP07856717 A EP 07856717A EP 2118973 A1 EP2118973 A1 EP 2118973A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- insulator
- spark plug
- alumina
- plug according
- sintering
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 239000012212 insulator Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 51
- PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Alumina Chemical compound [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3] PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title claims abstract description 31
- 239000000919 ceramic Substances 0.000 title claims abstract 3
- 238000005245 sintering Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 24
- 239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 13
- CPLXHLVBOLITMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N magnesium oxide Inorganic materials [Mg]=O CPLXHLVBOLITMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 12
- 239000000395 magnesium oxide Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 11
- 239000012071 phase Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 11
- AXZKOIWUVFPNLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N magnesium;oxygen(2-) Chemical compound [O-2].[Mg+2] AXZKOIWUVFPNLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 10
- 239000012535 impurity Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 7
- 239000007790 solid phase Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 7
- TWNQGVIAIRXVLR-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxo(oxoalumanyloxy)alumane Chemical compound O=[Al]O[Al]=O TWNQGVIAIRXVLR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 8
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims description 7
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 description 14
- 230000015556 catabolic process Effects 0.000 description 7
- 239000007791 liquid phase Substances 0.000 description 7
- MRELNEQAGSRDBK-UHFFFAOYSA-N lanthanum(3+);oxygen(2-) Chemical compound [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[La+3].[La+3] MRELNEQAGSRDBK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 239000011148 porous material Substances 0.000 description 5
- 238000010304 firing Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 description 4
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 3
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 3
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 3
- 230000008018 melting Effects 0.000 description 3
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000007792 addition Methods 0.000 description 2
- QVQLCTNNEUAWMS-UHFFFAOYSA-N barium oxide Chemical compound [Ba]=O QVQLCTNNEUAWMS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 230000003247 decreasing effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000002156 mixing Methods 0.000 description 2
- RUDFQVOCFDJEEF-UHFFFAOYSA-N yttrium(III) oxide Inorganic materials [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Y+3].[Y+3] RUDFQVOCFDJEEF-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000002441 X-ray diffraction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000002411 adverse Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229910052810 boron oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000002131 composite material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000002788 crimping Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000013078 crystal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000001419 dependent effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000011161 development Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000018109 developmental process Effects 0.000 description 1
- JKWMSGQKBLHBQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N diboron trioxide Chemical compound O=BOB=O JKWMSGQKBLHBQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000010292 electrical insulation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000009413 insulation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000000462 isostatic pressing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 1
- SIWVEOZUMHYXCS-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxo(oxoyttriooxy)yttrium Chemical compound O=[Y]O[Y]=O SIWVEOZUMHYXCS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000003825 pressing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000000377 silicon dioxide Substances 0.000 description 1
- KKCBUQHMOMHUOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N sodium oxide Chemical compound [O-2].[Na+].[Na+] KKCBUQHMOMHUOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910001948 sodium oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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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
- H01T13/38—Selection of materials for insulation
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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
- H01T21/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of spark gaps or sparking plugs
- H01T21/02—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of spark gaps or sparking plugs of sparking plugs
Definitions
- the invention is based on a spark plug with the features indicated in the preamble of claim 1.
- a spark plug is known from EP 0 954 074 B1.
- Advanced gasoline engines require more space in the cylinder head for intake valves and exhaust valves, and this is one reason why spark plugs with smaller diameters than before are required today.
- Lighter spark plugs require a slimmer insulator. This in turn requires higher demands on the mechanical strength and electrical insulation, namely the dielectric strength, of the existing in the spark plug insulator, which usually consists of an alumina ceramic.
- JP-A 63-190753 discloses an alumina ceramic insulator made by mixing 95% by weight of alumina powder having an average particle size of 0.1 ⁇ m to 0.5 ⁇ m with yttria, magnesia and lanthana, pressing and sintering is produced at liquid phase.
- the yttria, magnesium oxide and lanthanum oxide together make up 5% by weight of the mixture and as a sintering aid by leading to a liquid phase during sintering, the melting point of which is far below the melting point of the aluminum oxide.
- the liquid phase spreads at the boundaries of the alumina particles and is said to inhibit their growth in the sintering process so that the sintered insulator still has a very finely divided structure.
- the preserved by the sintering aids fine structure leads to the disclosure of JP-A 63-190753 to an extension of along the boundaries of the alumina particles enriched, enriched with the sintering aids paths, which would move at voltage breakdown electric charges, and thus leads to a Increasing the electrical breakdown strength of the insulator.
- an adverse effect on the electrical breakdown strength the fine pores, which are particularly numerous in the finely structured sintered insulator and the number increases with increasing content of alumina in the insulator, because at the same time the proportion of sintering aids, by the formation of a liquid phase the pores could close, decreasing.
- EP 0 954 074 B1 discloses a spark plug with an insulator which, although having 95% by weight to 99.7% by weight of aluminum oxide, has a higher alumina content than that known from JP-A 63-190753 Isolator, for reducing the number of pores but the finely divided material structure of the insulator of JP-A 63-190753 avoids and instead provides that at least half of the insulator of alumina particles having a particle size of not less than 20 microns is formed.
- This insulator is prepared by mixing alumina powder having an average particle size of not more than 1 .mu.m with 0.3 to 5 wt .-% of a sintering aid, pressed and sintered at a temperature between 1450 ° C and 1700 ° C in the liquid phase becomes.
- the sintering aid is selected so as not to interfere with the growth of the alumina powder particles during sintering. The sintering process takes place until at least half of the aluminum oxide has grown to particles with a size of 20 microns or more.
- the sintering aid forms a liquid phase during sintering, which is to favor a small pore volume.
- EP 0 954 074 B1 is achieved with an insulator for a spark plug a dielectric strength of z. B. 37 kV, because the particle growth on the one hand, the number of particle boundaries, along which an electrical On the other hand, the number of triple points in the particle boundaries has decreased, in which the glass phases formed by the sintering aids are preferably deposited and from which voltage breakthroughs preferably start their output.
- the present invention aims at a further improvement of the dielectric strength of the insulator in spark plugs both at room temperature and in particular at the high temperatures which occur when the gasoline engine is at operating temperature.
- the spark plug according to the invention has an insulator which contains 0.01% by weight to 1% by weight of magnesium oxide, at most 0.3% by weight of natural and / or impurities resulting from the production process and the balance aluminum oxide and by solid-phase sintering is formed so that it is largely free of glass phases.
- the dielectric strength of the insulator is higher than in the prior art. At room temperature, breakdown voltages of 50 kV / mm and more were measured. This allows the production of spark plugs whose insulator only has a wall thickness of 0.8 mm and thus a breakdown voltage of 40 kV and more. • The high dielectric strength is maintained at working temperatures up to 900 ° C, which occur when the gasoline engine is warm.
- the insulators show increased mechanical strength, in particular increased flexural strength and fatigue strength. •
- the insulators have up to 15% higher thermal conductivity compared to the insulators in conventional spark plugs. This makes it possible to extend the insulator root of the spark plug, that is, the portion of the insulator projecting into the cylinder of the gasoline engine, without increasing the calorific value.
- the advantage of such an insulator foot extension is an increase in the electrical shunt resistance of the spark plug and thereby a significant improvement in ignitability during cold starts and at repeat starts.
- the insulator of the spark plug according to the invention shows a higher chemical resistance and thus contributes to an increase in the service life of the spark plug. •
- the increased dielectric strength allows thinner insulators and thus slimmer spark plugs.
- Slimmer spark plugs allow tighter screw-in thread, z. B. M12 and M10 threads, thereby providing more space in the cylinder head for intake and exhaust valves of the engine.
- the insulator of the new spark plug contains 0.03 wt% to 0.15 wt%.
- Magnesium oxide Even small additions of magnesium oxide reduce the crystal growth of the alumina during solid-phase sintering. From a content of 0.03 wt .-%, this effect becomes technically significant. At a content of more than 0.15% by weight of magnesium oxide, this effect is no longer significantly increased.
- the insulator contains only natural and / or process-related impurities.
- the invention dispenses with the addition of any sintering aids such as sodium oxide, yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, silica, barium oxide, boron oxide and the like, which would form a liquid phase at temperatures at which alumina can be sintered in solid phase, from which Solidify a glass phase would.
- Any minimal glass phases which may be detectable in an insulator according to the invention, can therefore only from the natural and / or process-related impurities present in the alumina come. In this sense, the statement in claim 1 is understood that the insulator should be largely free of glass phases.
- the insulator of the spark plug according to the invention preferably contains more than 99.7% by weight of aluminum oxide. In this case, glass phases caused by the remaining impurities can no longer appreciably affect the electrical breakdown strength of the insulator.
- a density of at least 3.85 g cm '3 is preferred.
- Such a high density can be achieved if one starts from a very fine alumina powder, which preferably has an average particle size of less than 1 micron, if the insulator blanks sufficiently compacted before sintering, in particular by isostatic pressing, and if the sintering temperature and the sintering time is coordinated so that an insulator is obtained, in which 90 wt .-% of the alumina having particle sizes of less than 5 microns, more preferably with particle sizes of less than 3 microns.
- the temperature for the solid phase sintering is a temperature in the range of 1,600 ° C to 1,700 ° C, well below the melting temperature of alumina, which is above 2,000 °.
- Figure 1 shows in a partially sectioned side view of the typical structure of a spark plug according to the invention, which has a center electrode 1 and in its extension a firing pin 2, which are at a distance behind each other in an insulator 4 according to the invention, namely in a longitudinal channel in which they are interconnected by an electrically conductive glass phase 3.
- the insulator 4 is inserted in a metallic body 5 in which it is fixed by crimping and electric shocks.
- a ground electrode 6 is mounted, which is bent towards the center electrode 1 and this opposite to form a discharge gap with a defined distance.
- the insulator consists z. B. from 99.8 wt .-% alumina, about 0.1 wt .-% magnesium oxide and the balance of natural and / or process-related impurities. It is formed by solid-phase sintering and contains no glass-containing secondary phase that can be detected by X-ray analysis.
- the insulator according to the invention can be mounted in a known manner in the body 5 of the spark plug, so that existing manufacturing facilities and methods for mounting the insulator 4 as well as the center electrode 1 and the firing pin 2 can be used.
- the required ceramic-metal compound is effected by means of an electrically conductive composite glass.
- the electrically conductive glass mass 3 ensures the electrical connection between the center electrode 1 and the firing pin 2 and moreover has the task of introducing the center electrode 1 into the isolator 4 in a pressure-tight manner.
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- Spark Plugs (AREA)
- Compositions Of Oxide Ceramics (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE102006061907A DE102006061907A1 (de) | 2006-12-20 | 2006-12-20 | Zündkerze mit einem Isolator aus hochreiner Aluminiumoxid-Keramik |
PCT/EP2007/010974 WO2008074438A1 (de) | 2006-12-20 | 2007-12-13 | Zündkerze mit einem isolator aus hochreiner aluminiumoxid-keramik |
Publications (2)
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EP2118973A1 true EP2118973A1 (de) | 2009-11-18 |
EP2118973B1 EP2118973B1 (de) | 2010-05-12 |
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EP07856717A Active EP2118973B1 (de) | 2006-12-20 | 2007-12-13 | Zündkerze mit einem isolator aus hochreiner aluminiumoxid-keramik |
Country Status (7)
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US (1) | US20100007260A1 (de) |
EP (1) | EP2118973B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP2010514114A (de) |
KR (1) | KR20090098972A (de) |
AT (1) | ATE467930T1 (de) |
DE (2) | DE102006061907A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2008074438A1 (de) |
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US11870221B2 (en) | 2021-09-30 | 2024-01-09 | Federal-Mogul Ignition Llc | Spark plug and methods of manufacturing same |
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- 2007-12-13 KR KR1020097013565A patent/KR20090098972A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2007-12-13 EP EP07856717A patent/EP2118973B1/de active Active
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WO2008074438A1 (de) | 2008-06-26 |
JP2010514114A (ja) | 2010-04-30 |
DE102006061907A1 (de) | 2008-06-26 |
KR20090098972A (ko) | 2009-09-18 |
DE502007003810D1 (de) | 2010-06-24 |
US20100007260A1 (en) | 2010-01-14 |
ATE467930T1 (de) | 2010-05-15 |
EP2118973B1 (de) | 2010-05-12 |
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