The diminutive spark plug turns a big 100

Transport Topics;  December 23, 2002 ;     380 words ...A spark plug is a small thing, sizewise. It is huge...living - even if seldom in view. The spark plug design that lives on today was patented...ago. Now almost taken for granted, the spark plug played a crucial part in the development...

More advanced spark plug

New Straits Times;  February 13, 2005 ;     363 words ......Straits Times 02-13-2005 More advanced spark plug Edition: 2* Column: Autocare Dear...1995 model) and am using an ordinary spark plug NGK BK5E. I want to change it with a more durable and advance spark plug. How do I know whether the spark plug...

Added spark plug access.(INNOVATION Award)

Professional Tool & Equipment News;  April 1, 2005 ;     101 words ...Lockit Tools has added to their Lockit Socket line of spark plug sockets. These new tools provide improved access with added length, an external hex on the drive end, as well as the following features...beyond heat shields. * The sockets can be used with a ratcheting box wrench in tight spots. * Spring clip ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Spark Plug

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 3, 2008 ;     298 words ......Nagoya, Japan, has developed an engine spark plug. An abstract of the invention, released...Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A spark plug according to the invention has a length...arranged in the lengthwise direction of the spark plug, within each of which a plurality of...

The complete spark plug socket set.(SPOTLIGHT On Specialty Tools)(Buyers...

Professional Tool & Equipment News;  April 1, 2005 ;     82 words ...Sunex introduces their 8844 four-piece 3/8 -drive Universal Spark Plug Socket Set with all 4 sizes of spark plug sockets in one set. Features of the 9/16 , 5/8 , 3/4 and 13/16 sockets include: * Polished, chrome vanadium alloy steel construction for...

Company will move part of spark plug business to state

Charleston Daily Mail;  April 13, 2001 ;     209 words ...NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. will move a portion of its spark plug business to Kanawha County, Sen. Jay Rockefeller said. NGK's Pocatalico plant is expected to open a spark plug line this summer, with additional expansions over the...

North Carolina Inventor Develops Spark Plug Cover

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 16, 2006 ;     221 words ......Belhaven, N.C., has developed a cover for spark plug, ignition wire and boot. According to...amp; Trademark Office: "A cover for the spark plug boot and an ignition wire connected with spark plug of an engine includes a woven fiberglass...

Broken spark plug cable

New Straits Times;  March 27, 2005 ;     210 words ...New Straits Times 03-27-2005 Broken spark plug cable Edition: New Sunday Times Column...plug cables that is connected to the spark plug. He replaced the damaged cable with a...effect on the engine in the future? Does spark plug cables have designated cables for designated...

Japanese Inventors Develop Engine Spark Plug Grounding Structure

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 30, 2006 ;     324 words ......Yamashita of Nagasaki, Japan, have developed an engine spark plug grounding structure, grounding wiring apparatus...contact pieces. The grounding member attaches to a spark plug with a spark plug insulator passing through the through-hole." An...

Pocatalico Plant: ; Manufacturer to add spark plug unit, 10 jobs

Charleston Gazette;  April 14, 2001 ;     348 words ......Ten jobs are expected to be created when NGK Spark Plug Manufacturing adds a spark plug unit to its plant in Pocatalico. According...Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., NGK will build a spark plug manufacturing line at the plant in late summer...

Wisconsin Inventor Develops Spark Plug Fouling Detection Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2007 ;     301 words ......developed a method to detect and correct spark plug fouling. According to the U.S. Patent...determines the current between a pair of spark plug electrodes placed within a combustion...the pair of electrodes is indicative of spark plug fouling. If spark plug fouling is ...

spark plug

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      59 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 spark plug 1. an electrical device threaded into the cylinder of an...thing that inspires, activates, or advances something --spark'plug, -plugged, -plug|ging, vt. Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon...

WIPO: Inventor in Michigan Develops Spark Plug

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 5, 2008 ;     242 words ......of Temperance, Mich., has developed a spark plug having an elongated ceramic insulator...Organization, in the present invention a "spark plug having an elongated ceramic insulator...electrode. The various features of the spark plug cooperate with one another so that the...

The right spark plug for peak performance

National Dragster;  January 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......rotor, to the cap, down the wire into the spark plug, and it jumps the gap of the spark plug, creating a spark kernel that ignites the...temperatures play such a critical role in spark plug performance, it is important to note the...

Taiwanese Inventor Develops Spark Plug

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 6, 2006 ;     295 words ......Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a spark plug that is capable of removing remaining...Patent & Trademark Office: "A spark plug capable of removing the remaining electric charges is proposed. The spark plug can be installed in a vehicle and...