Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100000982 | Composite Conductor, in Particular for Glow Plugs for Diesel Engines - Composite conductor comprising a metallic conductor and a ceramic conductor or non-conductor, at least one of them being elongate, the two being connected with each other in an electrically conductive manner. The ceramic conductor or non-conductor and the metallic conductor are hard-soldered to each other by a contact surface extending obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the at least one elongate conductor, and has one of the conductors tapers at its end and the other conductor has a matching tapering recess. The tapering end of the conductor is fitted into the tapering recess. | 01-07-2010 |
20100224613 | Ceramic glow plug - The present invention refers to a glow plug comprising a ceramic glow pencil ( | 09-09-2010 |
20110197666 | Pressure Measuring Glow Plug - The invention relates to a device for determining the combustion chamber pressure. The device includes a tubular base, a glow filament which projects from the tubular base, and at least one sensor element arranged in the tubular base. The invention is characterized in that the sensor element inserted between a front face of the glow filament and a prestressing element that is welded to the tubular base. | 08-18-2011 |
20110215080 | Glow plug and method for producing the same - The invention relates to a glow plug comprising a housing, a ceramic pencil-type glow element which projects from the housing with a first end and is arranged inside the housing with a second end, a feed line which is arranged in the housing and leads to the pencil-type glow element, and a sleeve-type element which surrounds a section of the pencil-type glow element projecting from the housing. The invention is characterized in that the pencil-type glow element has a section surrounded by the housing which section tapers towards the second end, the pencil-type glow element is encircled by a contact element in the housing, which contact element has a section that narrows towards the second end of the pencil-type glow element, said narrowing section encircling at least a subsection of the tapered section of the pencil-type glow element. The invention further relates to a method for producing said glow plug. | 09-08-2011 |
20110240627 | GLOW PLUG - The invention relates to a glow plug comprising a housing, a glow pencil projecting from the housing, and a supply line which is enclosed by the housing and connected to the glow pencil. According to the invention, it is provided that at least one section of the supply line is formed as a flexible metal tube. | 10-06-2011 |
20120139406 | IGNITER FOR IGNITING A FUEL/AIR MIXTURE IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING A CORONA DISCHARGE - An igniter for igniting a fuel/air mixture using a corona discharge, generated by a high-frequency electric high voltage, in an internal combustion engine having one or more combustion chambers delimited by walls at ground potential, comprising an ignition electrode, which traverses in an electrically insulated manner one of the walls delimiting the particular combustion chamber and constitutes in cooperation with the walls of the combustion chamber, that are at ground potential, an electrical capacitance. Comprising a metallic or metallized outer member and an elongate passage extending through the outer member, through which extends the ignition electrode, and comprising an insulator which encloses the ignition electrode and insulates it electrically from the outer member, wherein the ignition electrode, the insulator, and the passage have a common longitudinal direction. The insulator is composed of a plurality of layers extending in the longitudinal direction, or is subdivided into a plurality of such layers. | 06-07-2012 |
20130008886 | Glow plug - The invention relates to a glow plug comprising a glow pin, a housing from which the glow pin protrudes, and a supply line which runs in the housing and is connected to the glow pin so as to apply an electric voltage, and a sensor. According to the invention, it is provided that the supply line surrounds an interior in which a signal line connected to the sensor is arranged. | 01-10-2013 |
20130118432 | GLOW PLUG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GLOW PENCIL - The invention relates to a glow plug for a diesel engine, said glow plug comprising a ceramic glow pencil, which has a heating portion, and a housing, from which the glow pencil protrudes, wherein the glow pencil has a ceramic inner conductor, an insulation layer surrounding the inner conductor, and a ceramic outer conductor layer arranged on the insulation layer. In accordance with this disclosure, the outer conductor layer in the heating portion only partially covers the insulation layer. | 05-16-2013 |
20150034055 | METHOD FOR IGNITING A FUEL/AIR MIXTURE, IGNITION SYSTEM AND GLOW PLUG - What is described is a method for igniting a fuel/air mixture in a combustion chamber of an engine, wherein a pencil, which is electrically insulated with respect to walls of the combustion chamber and contains a heating resistor, is electrically heated to a temperature of at least 800° C. in the combustion chamber of the engine by applying a heating voltage, and a high voltage of at least 500 V, which is different from the heating voltage, is applied to the pencil and thereby ions are generated in the combustion chamber by field emission of electrons. The invention additionally relates to an ignition system and a glow plug. | 02-05-2015 |