Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Glow plug
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Application No.: US14457618Application Date: 2014-08-12
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Publication No.: US09739487B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Tadashi Watanabe , Yoshihiro Yamamoto , Toshiki Hirokawa , Akimitsu Sassa
- Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Stites & Harbison, PLLC
- Agent Jeffrey A. Haeberlin; Joseph P. Morris
- Priority: JP2013-168199 20130813; JP2014-117569 20140606
- Main IPC: F23Q7/22
- IPC: F23Q7/22 ; F23Q7/00 ; F02P19/02 ; G01L23/22

Abstract:
A glow plug includes a cylindrical housing, a rod-shaped heater, a membrane portion, and a pressure sensor. The cylindrical housing extends along an axial direction. The rod-shaped heater extending along the axial direction is displaced along the axial direction and has one end portion disposed within the housing, and an other end portion which is exposed from the housing. The membrane portion connects together the heater and the housing and has a multi-layer construction which has a first layer and a second layer of which at least part is positioned nearer to the other end portion in the axial direction of the heater than the first layer. The pressure sensor measures a pressure within a combustion chamber in which the other end portion is disposed by making use of a displacement of the heater. A thickness of the second layer is larger than a thickness of the first layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150047592A1 GLOW PLUG Public/Granted day:2015-02-19
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