Seal for a glow plug

A glow plug for a combustion chamber of a self-igniting internal combustion engine has a ceramic heating element designed as a sheathed-element glow plug, which is surrounded by a supporting tube. The ceramic heating element is sealed with respect to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion...

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Main Authors Kern, Christoph, Landes, Ewgenji, Zach, Reiko, Kleindl, Michael, Doering, Christian, Schott, Steffen, Saltikov, Pavlo
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.08.2011
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Summary:A glow plug for a combustion chamber of a self-igniting internal combustion engine has a ceramic heating element designed as a sheathed-element glow plug, which is surrounded by a supporting tube. The ceramic heating element is sealed with respect to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by a seal in the supporting tube. The seal is designed as a sealing element made of an FeNi alloy having an Invar effect.