Glow plug with integrated pressure sensor and body thereof
US8505511B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23Q2007/002
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A glow plug includes: a tubular body (2) having at one of its ends a plug head (10) as well as a zone for being fixed into a bore, an arm (4) mounted on the body (2) of the plug at the end opposite to the plug head (10), and secured to the body (2) in a linking zone (16), an elastically deformable portion (18), located between the linking zone (16) with the arm (4) and the zone fixing the plug body (2), such that the linking zone (16) is mobile and can move longitudinally relative to the so-called stationary fixing zone, and a pressure sensor (8) arranged between an element (30) secured to the linking zone (16) and a fixed element (20) of the plug.
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