Patent · US Expired

Cold starting assistance for diesel engines

US5862786A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

DEUTZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Heinz Fuchs · Homberg (Efze), DE
Reinhard Rechberg · Sankt Augustin, DE
Harald Siegert · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 1997
Grant date	Jan 26, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 7, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for cold starting assistance for diesel engines including use of a sheathed-element glow plug in the combustion chamber and a heater plug in the air intake, which plugs are operated by a control device (15) responsive to engine operating parameters, particularly engine temperature.

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