Abstract: A ceramic heater-type glow plug that includes a ceramic heater, and a metallic outer cylinder, one end side of which holds the ceramic heater and the other end side of which is inserted in and fixed to an inner hole of a housing.

Abstract: Breakage in a short period is suppressed by improving a heat dissipation property. In a glow plug that includes: a heater element (10) that is inserted in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; a housing (14) that supports the heater element in a state where a heating section of the heater element is projected; a resilient body (31) that couples the heater element and the housing to divide a space between the heater element and the housing into a tip side and a rear end side of the housing; and a pressure sensor (15) that is provided in a space on the rear end side of the resilient body in the housing to detect a pressure in the combustion chamber from displacement of the heater element, a space (142) on the tip side of the resilient body in the housing is filled with a heat transfer material (22) that is melted by heat transferred from the heater element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic heater-type glow plug (1) that includes: a ceramic heater (11); and a metallic outer cylinder (12) that holds the ceramic heater at one end and has the other end inserted in and fixed to a metallic housing (14), the housing having a first housing section (14a) and a second housing section (14b) coaxially arranged with each other, the method for manufacturing a ceramic heater-type glow plug includes the steps of: inserting the ceramic heater in the outer cylinder; inserting the outer cylinder in the first housing section, the second housing section, and a ring-shaped filler material (18) in a state where the filler material is interposed between the first housing section and the second housing section; and joining the first housing section, the second housing section, and the outer cylinder by welding at a position where the filler material is provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic heater-type glow plug that includes: a ceramic heater; a metallic outer cylinder that holds the ceramic heater at one end and has the other end inserted in and fixed to a metallic housing; and lead wire that is connected to the ceramic heater and electrifies the ceramic heater, the method for manufacturing a ceramic heater-type glow plug includes the steps of: forming a metalized layer in a region of the ceramic heater that is connected to the lead wire; press-inserting at least the metalized layer of the ceramic heater in a connection fitting that connects the ceramic heater and the lead wire; and heating the ceramic heater and the connection fitting at a temperature at which a material for forming the metalized layer is brought into a semi-molten state and joining by mass transfer between the connection fitting and a solid layer of the metalized layer.

Abstract: A pressure sensor integrated glow plug inserted inside a cylinder of an internal combustion engine and used, the pressure sensor integrated glow plug being equipped with a housing, a rod-like heater element held with its distal end projecting from the housing, and a pressure sensor, with the heater element being held in the housing by a flexible member and configured in such a way that its position relative to the housing is displaceable, and with the pressure sensor being configured in such a way that it can receive pressure inside the cylinder because of the displacement of the heater element, wherein a heat-resistant fiber member carrying an oxidation catalyst component is disposed in an interstice between the housing and the heater element on the distal end side of the flexible member.

Abstract: A configuration and manufacturing steps of a ceramic heater-type glow plug are simplified when compared to a related art, and a fracture therein is prevented. A ceramic heater-type glow plug that includes a ceramic heater, and a metallic outer cylinder, one end side of which holds the ceramic heater and the other end side of which is inserted in and fixed to an inner hole of a housing.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a ceramic heater-type glow plug including: a ceramic heater; and a metallic outer cylinder, one end of which holds the ceramic heater and the other end of which is fixed to a housing has: a step of forming a metallized layer on at least a portion of a surface region in the ceramic heater that is held by the outer cylinder; a step of press-inserting at least the metallized layer of the ceramic heater in the outer cylinder; and a step of heating the ceramic heater and the outer cylinder at a temperature at which a material for forming the metallized layer becomes a semi-molten state and performing joining by mass transfer between the outer cylinder and a solid layer of the metallized layer.

Abstract: An arithmetic and control unit is configured to calculate a resistance value of a glow plug on the basis of an energization current of the glow plug and a voltage applied to the glow plug, perform a multiplication of the resistance value and a constant that has been determined beforehand on the basis of an electrical characteristic of the glow plug, input a predetermined heater reference point temperature, calculate an offset with a predetermined offset arithmetic expression from the heater reference point temperature, correct the multiplication result with that offset, and take the correction result as an estimated temperature of a tip of the glow plug.

Abstract: A pressure sensor integrated glow plug inserted inside a cylinder of an internal combustion engine and used, the pressure sensor integrated glow plug being equipped with a housing, a rod-like heater element held with its distal end projecting from the housing, and a pressure sensor, with the heater element being held in the housing by a flexible member and configured in such a way that its position relative to the housing is displaceable, and with the pressure sensor being configured in such a way that it can receive pressure inside the cylinder because of the displacement of the heater element, wherein a heat-resistant fiber member carrying an oxidation catalyst component is disposed in an interstice between the housing and the heater element on the distal end side of the flexible member.

Abstract: A ceramic heater-type glow plug is provided that is configured so that, even when a deformation occurs in a metal outer cylinder, stress propagating to the connection between one electrode of a ceramic heater and an electrode lead-out member can be reduced to prevent the ceramic heater and the electrode lead-out member from being damaged. In the ceramic heater-type glow plug in which heat-resistant insulating particles are sealed into the metal outer cylinder as a sealing material, at least an area around the connection between the one electrode and the electrode lead-out member is filled with a mixed insulating powder mixed with a lubricity enhancing material for improving lubricity among the heat-resistant insulating particles.

Abstract: An arithmetic and control unit is configured to calculate a resistance value of a glow plug on the basis of an energization current of the glow plug and a voltage applied to the glow plug, perform a multiplication of the resistance value and a constant that has been determined beforehand on the basis of an electrical characteristic of the glow plug, input a predetermined heater reference point temperature, calculate an offset with a predetermined offset arithmetic expression from the heater reference point temperature, correct the multiplication result with that offset, and take the correction result as an estimated temperature of a tip of the glow plug.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber comprises a substrate made from a material which rarely absorbs a microwave and an electromagnetic wave absorbing layer formed on the surface of the barrier of the substrate, the electromagnetic wave absorbing layer is made from a mixture of an electroconductive metal oxide and an insulating material, and the impedance of the electromagnetic wave absorbing layer is adjusted to the impedance of a medium through which the microwave is transmitted such that reflection power ratio becomes 10 dB or more.