Patent ID: 7952263

Claim:
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 55 juxtaposed beneath said single primary electrode and registered orthogonal thereto, said second leg extending to a lateral tip of said single grounding electrode; 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.