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Glow plug

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6750197
A super heating type glow plug is described comprising: (i) a base portion having a fixing portion formed on an outer wall thereof and a terminal insulatedly provided therein and connected to an electrical source; (ii) heating means fins outwardly extending projections radially mounted on the outer wall of the base portion of the super heating glow plug; (iii) a heater means integrally connected to the base portion, having heating surface and heating fins formed on a wall surface thereof and composed of a catalyst a transition metal, and (iv) a heating means comprising a resistive exothermic element connected to the terminal of the base portion, the resistive exothermic element being provided adjacent to the heating surface within the heating means, whereby fuel may be heated, ignited and burned as a whole by the heading fins.
Assignee:
NOV; NOV-88-028167; EDB-88-184253
Patent Number(s):
US 4762101
OSTI ID:
6750197
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English