ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,007, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Spark plug with small spark gap and flat ignition element surfaces" was invented by Alexander Schramm (Knetzgau, Germany) and Andreas Benz (Bamberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spark plug with a longitudinal axis. The spark plug includes a housing; an insulator disposed at least partly inside the housing; a center electrode disposed at least partly inside the insulator and having a base body and a first ignition element; and at least one ground electrode disposed inside the housing and having a base body and a second ignition element. The gr...