公开(公告)号：US09739487B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-22

申请号：US14457618

申请日：2014-08-12

Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tadashi Watanabe ,  Yoshihiro Yamamoto ,  Toshiki Hirokawa ,  Akimitsu Sassa

IPC: F23Q7/22 ,  F23Q7/00 ,  F02P19/02 ,  G01L23/22

CPC classification number: F23Q7/001 ,  F02P19/02 ,  F23Q2007/002 ,  G01L23/221

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.