Patent ID: 7952263
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: H01T

Abstract:
1. A spark plug for use with an internal combustion vehicle engine, said spark plug comprising: a housing having a single primary electrode and a single grounding electrode located subjacent to said single primary electrode, said single primary and grounding electrodes being spaced apart and thereby defining a gap therebetween; means for separately inducing a plurality of electric sparks between said single primary electrode and said single grounding electrode respectively; wherein each of said electric sparks has a separate and mutually exclusive firing point initiating from said single primary electrode and terminating at said single grounding electrode; wherein said plurality of electric sparks inducing means comprises: an electro-conductive chip statically and fixedly connected to said single grounding electrode; wherein said electro-conductive chip comprises: a first leg having a vertical face juxtaposed adjacent to said single primary electrode and registered parallel thereto; and a second leg having a horizontal face wherein each of said vertical and horizontal faces are planar and exposed to said single primary electrode to receive first and second ones of said plurality of electric sparks respectively.