Abstract: A rod-shaped heating element with a tubular carrier element attached to a cylindrical carrier ring and to the rod-shaped heating element using a magnetic forming process, the carrier ring and the rod-shaped heating element being within the tubular carrier element with the outer circumferential surface of the carrier ring contacting the inner circumferential surface of the tubular carrier element. As a result of the parts having been joined by magnetic forming, they are in a plastically deformed state which is free of thermal treatment effects and scuffing.

Abstract: A hot wire igniter for igniting a gaseous or atomized fuel is disclosed. The coil of the hot wire igniter is formed from a thin high temperature, iron, chromium, aluminum alloy having a center section that is tightly wound. The coil turns initially do not touch one another and each end of the coil is attached to a rod that is received within an insulator member. The rods are connected to a power source. The coil portion of the hot wire igniter is received within a gas collector box which is attached to the burner to be ignited. Application of the power source to the lead-in rods causes the coil of wire to reach a temperature in excess of the ignition temperature of the fuel mixture which surrounds same causing the ignition of the mixture.

Abstract: Ceramic igniters are provided that comprise at least three zones of differing electrical resistance, preferably in sequence a first conductive zone of relatively low resistance, a power booster or enhancement zone of intermediate resistance, and a further hot or ignition zone of high resistance. Igniters of the invention can provide extremely high speeds (low time-to-temperature).

Abstract: An O-ring for a glow plug has a transverse cross section of an elliptical contour and is disposed between a tapered surface of an axial hole of a metallic shell and a sealing portion of a center shaft. The O-ring is pressed on from the rear by an end surface of a press member. Because the longer side surfaces of the O-ring, as viewed in cross section, contact the tapered surface and the outer circumferential surface of the sealing portion, the contact areas between the O-ring and the tapered surface and the outer circumferential surface of the seal portion are increased. In addition, because the amount of deformation is small, internal stress is controlled, and the degree of contact is increased, so that the axial hole is reliably maintained airtight.

Abstract: There is provided a control device for a glow plug, capable of controlling the energization of a resistance heater of the glow plug by a resistance control process while attaining good resistance control response under cooling of the heater by fuel injection and combustion gas and thereby stably controlling the amount of heat generated by the heater. The resistance heater includes a resistive heating element having a ratio of electrical resistance R1000 at 1000° C. to electrical resistance R20 at 20° C. of 6 or larger, and the glow plug is mounted with at least part of the resistive heating element being protrudingly located in an engine combustion chamber. Under such a condition, the control device controls energization of the resistance heater in a steady control mode to adjust electrical power supplied to the resistance heater in such a manner as to keep a resistance of the heater within a predetermined range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glow plug with integrated pressure sensor for measuring pressure in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, where the shell of the glow plug has a section of reduced diameter on the side next to the combustion chamber and following a sealing cone, which section houses a glow coil and ends in a tip extending into the combustion chamber, and where the pressure sensor is positioned without cooling in the section of the glow plug next to combustion chamber. According to the invention the pressure sensor is subjected to pressure in radial direction, the glow coil of the glow plug or the electrical leads of the glow coil being guided towards the tip of the glow plug either by bypassing the pressure sensor or going through the pressure sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic heater which is capable of preventing an electric conduction defect of a heat-generating resistor from being caused by a supplied current, thus being excellent in voltage endurance, and a glow plug containing the ceramic heater. The ceramic heater 2 contained in the glow plug 1 has an insulative ceramic base material 21 and the heat-generating resistor 22 embedded in the insulative ceramic base material. The heat-generating resistor 22 has, as main components, an electrically conductive compound, silicon nitride and a grain boundary amorphous glass phase. The amount of the rare earth element contained in the heat-generating resistor is less than 2% by volume in terms of its oxide and, further, a molar ratio R=(A/A+B) of the mol number A of the amount of the rare earth element in terms of its oxide to a total of the mol number A and a mol number B, which is the amount of excess oxygen in terms of silicon dioxide, is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: A ceramic heater 1 includes a silicon nitride ceramic substrate 13 and a resistance-heating member 10 embedded in the silicon nitride ceramic substrate 13 . The silicon nitride ceramic substrate 13 contains oxygen derived from a sintering aid at an average concentration of 0.4–3.2% by weight in a surface layer portion extending from the surface thereof to a depth of 1 mm. The ceramic heater 1 can be manufactured by firing through hot pressing. A firing jig for use in a firing process has an SiC—C composite layer which is formed therein along the surface of cavities thereof while having a predetermined depth as measured from the cavity surface.

Abstract: A glow plug (20) for an internal combustion engine (110) essentially includes: a body (27) intended to be fixed to the engine, and a core (29) extending in a direction of elongation (11), connected to the body and intended to extend inside the combustion chamber (9) of the engine, measurement elements (200, 55, 65) intended to determine the pressure internal to the combustion chamber (9) through the displacement of the core (29) under the effect of pressure, characterized in that the glow plug is equipped with elements (50, 60) that make it possible to quantify the displacement of the core with respect to the cylinder head (5) of the engine on which the glow plug is installed.

Abstract: Resistive igniter systems are provided that comprise a metal substrate with an associated resistive igniter element in electrical connection through braze applied to the metal substrate. Igniter systems of the invention can enable significantly simplified manufacturing as well as notably higher yield production of more robust igniters. In preferred systems, the braze material is applied to the metal substrate prior to adjoining the igniter and metal substrate, which can enable application of a relatively precise amount of braze in a defined area of the metal substrate.

Abstract: A method for heating a glow plug for a diesel engine to its desired temperature by supplying power to the glow plug in a controlled fashion. During a certain time interval after termination of a previous glow process, a mathematical model is used to determine the values for the supply of power to the glow plug, which includes the values of the actual thermal state of the glow plug, the time elapsed since the end of the previous glow process and the parameters of the diesel engine relevant for a glow process.

Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug for an internal combustion engine, in which the sheathed-element glow plug is arranged or constructed so that it substantially reduces the glow temperature during the heat-up process. The control filament is considerably shortened and has a resistance between 20 m? and 100 m?.

Abstract: A ceramic heater which includes: a cylindrical substrate including an insulator; a resistor provided in one end side of the substrate; a pair of lead parts provided in the substrate, connected to the resistor and extending to an opposite end side of the substrate; and a pair of electrode parts exposed to a surface at an opposite end side of the substrate and connected respectively to the lead parts. Both lead parts are made of the same material as both electrode parts. An axial cross-sectional area of the electrode part is equal to or larger than a cross-sectional area of the lead part in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the ceramic heater.

Abstract: A sensor system has an AlN substrate, a W layer on the substrate, a signal source adapted to apply an electrical actuating signal to the W layer, and a sensor adapted to sense the response of the W layer. The W layer can comprise a thin film, with various types of optional protective layers over the film. Applications include sensing temperature, fluid flow rates, fluid levels, pressure and chemical environments. For a planar heater, the W layer comprises a plurality of conductive strands distributed on the substrate, with the strands generally parallel and serpentine shaped for a rectangular substrate, and extending along respective lines of longitude that merge at opposite poles of the substrate for a circular substrate.

Abstract: In an integrated glow plug and pressure sensor having a passage leading to the pressure sensor, a porous filter is inserted in the passage. The porous filter provides a four-fold improvement in pressure measurement by (1) acting as a trap for combustion deposits, (2) burning combustion deposits when the glow plug heater is on, (3) acting as a heat shield for reducing thermal shock error of the pressure sensor, and (4) damping acoustic high frequency ringing associated with the pressure passage.

Abstract: A glow plug having a heat range indicated by a colored insulating ring. The insulating ring, along with first and second washers, insulates a central electrode from a glow plug body. Electrical insulation is provided by anodizing the insulating ring. A colored anodizing is used on the insulating ring which is visible from the top of the glow plug, which colored anodizing is indicative of the heat range of the glow plug.

Abstract: Ceramic igniter compositions are provided that contain components of conductive material and insulating material, where the insulating material component includes a relatively high concentration of metal oxide. Ceramic igniters of the invention are particularly effective for high voltage use, including throughout the range of from about 187 to 264 volts.

Abstract: A glow plug connector for a glow plug with built-in sensor, especially built-in pressure sensor, comprising a casing made of an electrically insulating material, which can be placed onto the glow plug. Provided centrally in the casing is a high-current connection which is connected to the high-current contact of the heating devices of the glow plug when the connector is placed thereon. Sensor contacts are provided on the casing insulated with respect to the high-current connection for contacting the sensor connections of the built-in sensor when the connector is placed thereon. For sealing an O-ring is provided on the outside of the casing whereas a locking mechanism serves to deliver the withdrawal force which must be overcome so that a coupling placed thereon can be removed from the glow plug connector. The connector is part of a system with a glow plug connector and glow plug.

Abstract: A glow plug having an outer body with an inner cavity having tapered sidewalls. An insulating ring having outer tapered walls is held within the body and has an inner opening also having tapered walls. A central electrode, having a tapered wall section, fits tightly in the inner opening of the insulating ring. The insulating ring and central electrode are forced under pressure in the cavity of the glow plug to provide a glow plug capable of withstanding high temperature and pressure applications without leaking.

Abstract: An electrical resistance heating element having a glow zone and two power supply terminals. The glow zone of the element is tubular. A tubular union is provided between each of the power supply terminals and a respective end of the glow zone, wherein the inner diameter of the union is smaller than the inner diameter of the glow zone. A transition region extends between each union and a respective glow zone end and has a progressively decreasing wall thickness in the direction from the union toward the glow zone.

Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug, in particular for internal combustion engines, includes a housing, a glow plug situated on the housing and having a heating and regulating filament situated in the glow tube, current being applicable to this heating and regulating filament via a terminal stud situated in the housing. The control filament r the heating filament or the heating and control filament are optionally multiple-coil filaments.

Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug for self-igniting internal combustion engines has an electrical heating element which projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a current feed-through for providing a heating current for the heating element through an opening in the combustion chamber. A switch is positioned in the region of the current feed-through, and the heating current may be controlled by the opening and closing of the switch.

Abstract: A glow plug comprising: a ceramic heater which houses a heating element defined herein in a tip end side of said ceramic heater, and which elongates in an axial direction; a cylindrical metal shell which has a shaft hole, which houses a rear end portion of said ceramic heater in said shaft hole, and which holds said ceramic heater in said shaft hole directly or via another member; and a center pole including a center-pole rear end portion as defined herein and a center-pole tip end portion as defined herein, said ceramic heater being mechanically rigidly joined to said heater connecting portion, wherein a stress releasing portion in which a diameter is smallest in an area between said heater connecting portion and said center-pole rear end portion is formed in said center pole.

Abstract: A ceramic heater is provided which may be employed in a gas sensor. The ceramic heater includes a heating element disposed inside a ceramic body, a connector assembly, and a cover coating. The connector assembly consists of an external terminal, a connector terminal, and a metallic joint layer. The external terminal is affixed to an outer surface of the ceramic body in electrical connection with the heating element. The joint layer is formed on the external terminal to establish an electrical joint between the external terminal and the connector terminal. The cover coating is wrapped over a surface of the connector assembly and made of a metallic material containing a main component of one of Au, Pt, and Cr, thereby ensuring a corrosion resistance of the connector assembly.

Abstract: The 12 Volts DC powered cooker to be installed by the vehicle's manufacturers or the vehicle's owner. The unit will heat liquid temperature to 100° C. and will switch off at temperature greater than 100° C. The switching and temperature monitoring is controlled by an electronic unit. The electronic controlled unit that switches on the heating glow plug to heat liquid to 100° C. and switches off when the liquid is above 100 C. A safety switch also turn the heating glow plug off when the temperature exceeds 200 C. or when the unit is not in an upright position.

Abstract: A heating system for a vehicle includes a heater (12) with a first electric heating device (24), which can be operated to ignite an air/fuel mixture present in a combustion chamber (16), and with a second electric heating device (22) for supporting the evaporation of the fuel. An actuating device (26) is provided for putting the heater (12) into operation after a start command has been generated. A first start command generating device (30, 36, 26) can be actuated by a user to generate a start command and a second start command generating device (32, 38, 26) generates a start command according to an operating program. The actuating device (26) operates the second heating device (22) at a lower heat output after a start command has been generated by means of the second start command generating device (32,38, 26).

Abstract: A double-element assembly for a cigar lighter, having a bimetallic disk, and a metal disk that is not bimetallic, the disks being riveted to one another in a center region of each disk.

Abstract: To provide a glow plug capable of speedily increasing the temperature, a glow plug mounting structure, and a process for manufacturing the glow plug. In the invention, the glow plug (1) comprises: a cylindrical sheath tube (3) closed at its front end 3S) and opened at its base end (3K); a cylindrical metal shell (5) covering the side of the base end (3K); a heating coil (7) arranged in the sheath tube (3) along the axis thereof and connected at its front end portion (7S) to the front end (3S) of the sheath tube (3); and insulating powder (11) packed in the sheath tube (3). The front end side portion (7H) of the heating coil (7) farther than the foremost end (9T) of the lead member (9) has a coil length not larger than 15 mm in the axial direction from the front end (3S) of the sheath tube (3). The sheath front end portion (3C) enclosing the front end side portion (7H) has an outer diameter not larger than 4.4 mm.

Abstract: A heater including: a rod-shaped ceramic heater including: a ceramic heater body extending in an axial direction and having a heating-element at its leading end portion for generating heat when energized; and first and second energizing lead terminals extending from the heating element and exposed to an outer circumference of a trailing end side of the ceramic heater body; a cylindrical outer cylinder for holding the ceramic heater while protruding a leading end portion and a trailing end portion of the ceramic heater; and a core rod arranged on said trailing end side of the ceramic heater in an axial direction and connected electrically with the first lead terminal, wherein the heater further includes: a ring member including: a ring leading end portion fixed by a tight fitting on an outer circumference of a trailing end side of the ceramic heater and connected electrically with the first lead terminal; and a ring trailing end portion protruding backward from a trailing end of the ceramic heater; and a metal

Abstract: A green ceramic heater including a green heating resistor formed of an electrically conductive ceramic (e.g., silicide or carbide of a metal element such as W, Ta, or Nb) and an insulative ceramic (e.g., silicon nitride) and power supply leads (e.g., made of W), a first end of each power supply lead being connected to a corresponding end of the green heating resistor, the green heating resistor and the power supply leads buried in a green substrate formed of a material (e.g., silicon nitride) is fired, and subsequently, the resultant ceramic heater is heat-treated at 900 to 1,600° C., to thereby enhance flexural strength of the ceramic heater. The heat treatment is preferably carried out prior to forming a glass layer on an outer circumferential surface of the ceramic heater.

Abstract: An igniter having an igniter element, a bushing, adhesive and sealant is provided. The igniter element has a polarizing key for generating heat at a high temperature. The bushing is inserted on an outside of one end of the igniter element. The adhesive is placed in a bushing cavity for bonding the bushing with the igniter element. The sealant covers both the bushing and the adhesive placed in the cavity of the bushing thereby joining the bushing and adhesive and improving joining structures of components.

Abstract: A process and device for controlling the heating of the glow plugs of a diesel engine. To be able to take into consideration the thermal behavior of the glow plugs while controlling the current supply of the glow plugs (3) of a diesel engine, the thermal behavior of the glow plugs (3) is emulated via a physical model. Formed on the corresponding output signal of the model (4), which is proportional to the glow plug temperature, is a reference signal, which as a control value, lies on the electronic control (12) controlling the heating flow of the glow plugs (3), which accordingly controls the heating of the glow plugs (3) using the actual glow plug temperature determined from emulation.

Abstract: A glow plug includes a cylindrical housing having an inward protrusion extending radially inwardly, a threaded portion for screwing the glow plug in an engine plug hole and a sealing portion in a front side of the male threaded portion for airtightly engaging the housing with a given portion of the plug hole, a sheath having a rear sheath end portion airtightly fixed in the housing, a heater disposed in the sheath, a center electrode disposed in the housing and having a front electrode end portion electronically connected with the heater and mechanically connected with the sheath and an outward protrusion protruding radially outwardly, and a combustion pressure sensor having a pressure-sensitive element arranged between a front surface of the inward protrusion and a rear surface of the outward protrusion to generate an electrical signal in response to variations in stress applied thereto.

Abstract: A pin heater in a sheathed-element glow plug and a sheathed-element glow plug for internal combustion engines, which have improved electrical and mechanical properties, are described. The pin heater has at least one essentially internal insulating layer and one essentially external first conductive layer, both layers including ceramic composite structures. The pin heater includes a second conductive layer, which also includes a ceramic composite structure. The second conductive layer is bonded to the first conductive layer in the region of a combustion chamber side tip of the pin heater. The second conductive layer runs inside the insulating layer.

Abstract: Robust ceramic igniters are provided that include an improved sealing system which can significantly enhance operational life of the igniter. Preferred igniters comprise a conductive cold zone and hot zone with higher resisitivity. A hermetic sealant material covers one or more electrical connections on the of each cold zone, thus shielding the electrical connections from environmental exposure, and thereby avoiding igniter failure resulting from electrical shorts and/or undesired oxidation.

Abstract: An electrically heatable glow plug and a method for manufacturing an electrically heatable glow plug are proposed that enable a protection of a heating coil of the glow plug against nitridation and evaporation of the aluminum from the heating conductor alloy. The glow plug includes a glow tube that is closed at the end, into which the electrically conductive heating coil is inserted, the heating coil being formed at least partially of aluminum, in particular of an aluminun-iron-chromium alloy. In the glow tube, oxygen donors are provided in order to form an aluminum oxide layer on the surface of the heating coil before or during the heating of the heating coil.

Abstract: A sheathed element glow plug having an ionic current sensor and a method of operating such a sheathed element glow plug are provided. The sheathed element glow plug includes a housing and a rod-shaped heating element arranged in a concentric bore in the housing. The heating element has at least one insulation layer, a first feeder layer, and a second feeder layer, the first feeder layer and the second feeder layer being connected by a web on the combustion chamber-side end of the heating element, the first and second feeder layers and the web being made of an electrically conducting ceramic material, and the insulation layer being made of an electrically insulating ceramic material. The heating element has at least one ionic current detection electrode made of an electrically conducting ceramic material.

Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug having an ionic-current sensor, as well as a method for operating a sheathed-element glow plug having an ionic-current sensor are described, the sheathed-element glow plug having a housing and a rod-shaped heating element arranged in a concentric bore hole of the housing. The heating element has at least one insulating layer as well as a first lead layer and a second lead layer, the first lead layer and the second lead layer being connected via a bar at the end of the heating element on the combustion chamber side, the first and second lead layers and the bar being made of electroconductive ceramic material, and the insulating layer being made of electrically insulating ceramic material. The heating element has a first electrode for detecting ionic current and a second electrode for detecting ionic current which are embedded in the insulating layer or applied on the insulating layer.

Abstract: A process and device for controlling the heating of the glow plugs of a diesel engine. To be able to take into consideration the thermal behavior of the glow plugs while controlling the current supply of the glow plugs (3) of a diesel engine, the thermal behavior of the glow plugs (3) is emulated via a physical model. Formed on the corresponding output signal of the model (4), which is proportional to the glow plug temperature, is a reference signal, which as a control value, lies on the electronic control (12) controlling the heating flow of the glow plugs (3), which accordingly controls the heating of the glow plugs (3) using the actual glow plug temperature determined from emulation.

Abstract: A glow plug according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a cylindrical metallic shell, an electrode rod disposed in a rear portion of the metallic shell, a heater disposed in a front portion of the metallic shell, and an electric insulator provided between an inner surface of the metallic shell and a circumferential surface of the electrode rod to keep the electrode rod insulated from the metallic shell. The metallic shell has a portion caulked to the electrode rod at a location axially corresponding to the electric insulator so that the circumferential surface of the electrode rod becomes deformed to define therein a recessed portion. The caulked portion is engaged in the recessed portion with the caulked portion with the electric insulator interposed between the caulked portion and the recessed portion, thereby securing the electrode rod in the metallic shell.

Abstract: A ceramic heater element and a glow plug incorporating the novel heater element. The heater element has a base portion and a heater portion. Conductive, insulative and resistive layers extend through both the base and heater portions. An outer conductive layer is applied to the outside of the base portion to provide a highly conductive return path. This lends to limit the heating of the resistive layer in the base portion and results in better and more reliable heat concentration in the heater portion. The heater element is further provided with a waterproof non-electrically conductive outer layer. The heater element can be assembled to form a glow plug for a diesel engine.

Abstract: A glow plug includes a ceramic heater having a resistance-heating element embedded at its end portion. In order to supply electricity to the resistance-heating element, first and second heater terminals are exposed on the surface of the ceramic heater. First and second terminal rings, which serve as metallic fitting members, are shrink-fitted to the surface of the ceramic heater in such a manner as to cover and be electrically connected to the exposed first and second heater terminals. A metal layer not higher than Ni in ionization tendency is formed on the inner circumferential surface of each of the first and second terminal rings.

Abstract: A glow plug assembly is disclosed having a plug body for mounting the assembly into an engine. A sheath extends from the plug body and has a distal tip portion spaced from the plug body. A first heating element having a fixed resistance is disposed within the sheath and extends from the plug body into the tip portion. A second heating element having a variable resistance is located next adjacent the tip portion separated from the plug body by the first heating element and connected in series with the first heating element. A terminal extends outwardly from the plug body and a power supply is connected to the terminal. A controller between the power supply and the terminal intermittently applies voltage to the terminal for a predetermined time period to maintain an operating temperature. A sensor senses a combined resistance of the first heating element and the second heating element to maintain the combined resistance with the controller by intermittently applying the voltage.

Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug for starting a thermal combustion process, in particular for starting a self-igniting combustion engine, having a housing, which may be sealingly mounted in a wall of a combustion chamber and accommodates a ceramic heating element that extends into the combustion chamber. The heating element includes a heating conductor, which is connectible to a voltage source and has an electrical resistance, and the electrically conductive cross-section of the heating conductor is smaller in the region of a heating-element tip than an electrically conductive cross-section in the region of a heating-element body. It is proposed that the heating-element tip include at least one frustoconical segment.

Abstract: A silicon nitride sintered material containing a silicon nitride component and silicon carbide having an average particle size of 1 ?m or less in an amount of at least 1 mass % and less than 4 mass %, based on 100 mass % of the silicon nitride component. The carbide is dispersed in the silicon nitride component, and the silicon nitride sintered material has a thermal expansion coefficient of at least 3.7 ppm/° C. between room temperature and 1,000° C. The silicon nitride component contains a rare earth element in an amount of 15-25 mass % as reduced to a certain oxide thereof and Cr in an amount of 5-10 mass % as reduced to a certain oxide thereof, and a crystalline phase is present in intergrain regions of the sintered material.

Abstract: In a glow plug configured such that a metallic, tubular member having a heater fixedly provided therein is joined to a metallic shell, an external-thread portion is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the metallic shell so as to allow the glow plug to be screwed into a plug-mounting hole formed in an engine head. An annular protrusion is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the metallic, tubular member in such a manner as to protrude radially outward, to annularly extend in the circumferential direction, and to be located in the vicinity of a distal end of the metallic shell. A distally-facing end face of the annular protrusion abuts an annular seat face in the mounting hole, and the metallic, tubular member and the metallic shell are joined such that a distal end face of the metallic shell abuts a rearward-facing end face of the annular protrusion.

Abstract: A heater comprising: a rod-shaped ceramic heater including: a ceramic heater body extending in an axial direction and having a heating element at its leading end portion for generating heat when energized; and first and second energizing lead terminals extending from said heating element and exposed to an outer circumference of a trailing end side of said ceramic heater body; a cylindrical outer cylinder for holding said ceramic heater while protruding a leading end portion and a trailing end portion of said ceramic heater; and a core rod arranged on said trailing end side of said ceramic heater in an axial direction and connected electrically with said first lead terminal, wherein said heater further comprises: a ring member including: a ring leading end portion fixed by a tight fitting on an outer circumference of a trailing end side of said ceramic heater and connected electrically with said first lead terminal; and a ring trailing end portion protruding backward from a trailing end of said ceramic heater;

Abstract: A glow plug in which a ceramic heater is fixedly disposed in a metallic, cylindrical member such that a front end thereof projects from a front end of the cylindrical member, and the resultant cylindrical member is fixedly disposed in a plug body such that the front end of the cylindrical member projects from a front end of the body, and which readily provides a mounting structure such that, even when loosening arises at a joint between the body and the cylindrical member after the glow plug is mounted onto a cylinder head, the cylindrical member is prevented from dropping into the interior of an engine.

Abstract: A glow plug 1 includes a metallic tube 3 having a closed distal end and extending axially, a rod-like insulator 14 disposed within the metallic tube 3 so as to form a clearance therebetween, a coil member 5 disposed so as to encircle an outer circumferential surface of the insulator 14, and insulating powder 15 charged into the metallic tube 3 so as to fill the interior of the metallic tube 3. The insulator 14 is formed of a material having thermal conductivity lower than that of the insulating powder 15. By rendering the thermal conductivity within the coil member 5 lower than the thermal conductivity in a region between the coil member 5 and the metallic tube 3, conduction of heat generated by the coil member 5 to the inside of the coil member 5 is suppressed, so that the heat is effectively conducted to the metallic tube 3.

Abstract: A sheathed-type glow plug is provided, for example, for starting a self-igniting combustion engine, including a heating pin engaging in a combustion chamber having an ignitable fuel-air mixture, which includes an electrically conductive ceramic, and which may be heated to an ignition temperature by being connected to a voltage source, the sheathed-type glow plug surrounding an integrated temperature sensor.