Patent ID: 6467447
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: F02P,H01T

Abstract:
A spark plug boot keeper assembly comprising:an elongated spark plug having a bottom portion extended axially outward from and engaged threadably to an engine block head; an elongated boot extended axially outward from the spark plug the boot having an outward facing surface; a spring clip engaged to the bottom portion of the spark plug, the spring clip having a locking extension extended radially outward; an elongated heat shield having a wall and a bottom shelf extended radially inward from the wall, the wall extended axially outward from the bottom shelf, the wall having an axial inward facing surface engaged to the locking extension of the spring clip, the spring clip engaged resiliently to the bottom shelf; and a locking combination having an obstruction member of the heat shield and an outward facing surface of the boot, the obstruction member extended radially inward from the wall, disposed axially outward from the outward facing surface of the boot, and disposed axially outward from the axial inward facing surface of the wall, the obstruction member being interconnected to the outward facing surface of the boot.