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7342201 Silcon carbide element  
A ceramic heating element arrangement in which a ceramic heating element made of SiC having electrical NTC (negative temperature coefficient) properties is provided for a circuit. At least one...
7319208 Controller and glow plug for controlling energization modes  
There is provided a control device for a glow plug, capable of controlling the energization of a resistance heater of the glow plug by a resistance control process while attaining good resistance...
6972529 Switch mode power supply for a gas discharge lamp  
A switch mode power supply for igniting and operating a high-pressure gas discharge lamp includes an ignition sub-circuit which is coupled via a transformer to the circuit. The ignition sub-circuit...
6933471 Ceramic igniters with sealed electrical contact portion  
Robust ceramic igniters are provided that include an improved sealing system which can significantly enhance operational life of the igniter. Preferred igniters comprise a conductive cold zone and...
6664514 Igniter shock mounting device and methods related thereto  
Featured is a method for securing an ignition device to a support. The securing method includes disposing a shock mounting pad between the ignition device and the support, the shock mounting pad...
6539905 Glow plug connection apparatus  
There is provided a glow plug connection apparatus for installing a plurality of glow plug connectors to corresponding glow plugs mounted in a cylinder head in an internal combustion engine while...
6483079 Glow plug and method of manufacturing the same, and ion current detector  
The present invention is to provide a glow plug ( 1 ) with an ion current detecting function, which is mounted in a combustion chamber of a Diesel engine. The glow plug includes an insulator ( 8 );...
6217312 Ignition system for a gas appliance  
An ignition system for a gas appliance comprises an ignition controller that receives a current from a power source. The ignition controller is also coupled to an ignitor and to a current actuated...
6186107 Heating glow plugs controller for diesel engines  
The heating glow plug controller for diesel engines is capable of controlling the activation of the glow plugs and consists of a set of electronic relays which in addition can also detect failures...
5880433 Rod-type flame glow plug  
A rod-type flame glow plug, with a glow tube (5), an inner pole (7), a coil combination having at least one control and glow coil (4) located in series with an ignition coil (3.2) in the glow tube...
5801361 Ceramic igniter with hot zone thickness of 0.019 inches or less  
A ceramic igniter comprises a pair of conductive ends, a hot zone disposed between the conductive ends, the hot zone having a density of at least about 95% of theoretical density and a composition...
5791308 Plug assembly  
A plug assembly for ignition of fuel in admixture with air within a combustion chamber which comprises an exposed heating element having a multi-turn coil of electrically conductive catalytic wire...
5750958 Ceramic glow plug  
A ceramic heater for a DC power source comprising an insulating ceramic sintered body, a heating resistor composed of at least two separate layers of heating resistor made of an inorganic...
5416300 Electric igniter actuator with network voltage clocking to pass only a portion of the wave trains to the igniter  
An automatic furnace comprises an actuator for an electric igniter. The electric igniter has a distinctly lower standard voltage, e.g., 120 V, than the network voltage, e.g., 230 V and is operated...
5249096 Heating element operating unit, control device therefor and methods of making the same  
A heating element operating unit, control device therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the control device being adapted to operate a heating element that comprises a hot surface...
5194718 Method for connecting a glow plug for operation at two different voltages  
A method for providing uniform thermal output from a glow plug for use in an auxiliary heater of a motor vehicle having either a 12 volt or 24 volt power supply without the use of multiplier...
5191508 Ceramic igniters and process for making same  
A process for producing a ceramic igniter comprising forming a slot in a green igniter body prior to densification and inserting into the slot an electrically non-conductive material is described....
5182437 Flame-type heater plug for an air-compression fuel-injection internal-combustion engine  
A flame-type heater plug for an internal combustion engine includes a plug housing having a proportioning insert for the fuel supply, a heater bar secured at one end in the plug housing with a free...
5182436 Portable bench-type electric ignite for gas welding torches  
A portable gas torch igniter includes a housing having a flame duct formed therein for the introduction of a gas torch. The flame duct is open at its rear end and has a front portion arranged...
4935606 Method of operating gas furnace igniter  
The combination of a heating element and a control unit therefor and methods of making and of operating the same are provided, the heating element normally being adapted to be operated by the...
4809128 Heating element operating unit and method  
The combination of a heating element and a control unit therefor and methods of making and of operating the same are provided, the heating element normally being adapted to be operated by the...
4786781 Silicon nitride glow plug with alumina corrosion and erosion protective coating  
A ceramic glow plug comprises a ceramic heater formed by embedding a metal wire in a sintered Si 3 N 4 -based ceramic. The ceramic heater is brazed to the inner surface of an axial bore of a...
4719331 Ceramic glow plug having a tungsten-rhenium alloy heating wire  
A ceramic glow plug in which a large resistance suitable for adapting the plug for use with a 24 V battery without having to use a thin or long heating wire. The glow plug includes a ceramic heater...
4682008 Self-temperature control type glow plug  
A self-temperature control type glow plug includes a rod heater held at a front end of a hollow metal holder and having one end extending outside the hollow metal holder. The rod heater includes a...
4661686 Dual line ceramic glow plug  
A dual line ceramic glow plug uses a ceramic heater as an incandescent body which protrudes from the bottom of a metal fitting and which is made of an incandescent wire of a refractory metal...
4653443 Thermoelectric generating composite functioning apparatus  
A thermoelectric generating composite functioning apparatus used as a glow plug in a diesel engine has sintered semiconductor elements respectively formed in the shape of a bar of N-type and P-type...
4644133 Ceramic heater  
A ceramic heater has a heater element made of a mixture including MoSi 2 and Si 3 N 4 powder as a main ingredient and silica (SiO 2 ) powder as an additive, a heater support member made of an...
4633064 Sintered ceramic electric heater with improved thermal shock resistance  
A sintered ceramic heater, particularly a heater for a glow plug of a diesel engine, includes a sintered ceramic heater, which generates heat upon receiving an electric current, supported by an...
4613301 Ignition device  
In an ignition device, a preheater in the wall of a carburetor is connectable to an ignition heater in series and the heaters are controlled by the switching operation of relay contacts. Both...
4603667 Device for fuel injection in combustion chambers  
Device for fuel injection in combustion chambers of, in particular, selfigniting combustion engines with an injection nozzle (10) and a subsequently switched incandescent wire (20) which has a...
4556781 Self-regulating electric glow plug  
A self-regulating electric glow plug for an air-compressing internal combustion engine includes an elongated tube having a first end arranged within a plug housing and a second closed end defining...
4507704 Cigarette box with self-lighting device and lighter  
A cigarette box with self-lighting device and spare lighter is comprised of a main box and a spare box. The main box is in "L" shape, with a pivoted main box cover plate which has a view window and...
4425495 Ignitor and enclosure structure  
Hydrogen ignitor and housing structure having high-strength and lightweight characteristics for surface mounting within a nuclear reactor containment vessel are disclosed. A unitary main body is...
4418661 Glow plug, particularly for diesel engine  
To decrease the preheat time and power requirements in preheater-type glow plugs for Diesel engines, a closed ceramic tube (20), for example of aluminum oxide and of about 5 mm diameter has, on the...
4405890 Rechargeable glow plug energizer  
A hand held rechargeable glow plug igniter includes a rechargeable battery, an extension member electrically connected to one terminal of the battery and extended outwardly therefrom and a Headlock...
4402663 Automatic ignition and flame detection system for gas fired devices  
Improved automatic ignition system (10) for gas fired devices such as boilers, clothes dryers, ranges, and the like. The system (10) is of the type including a variable resistance ignition means...
4401065 Glow plugs for use in diesel engines  
In a glow plug, a pair of ceramic rods having longitudinal bonding surfaces are used as a heating rod. A resistor including a heater, and a pair of lead portions connected to both ends of the...
4387292 Electric lighter for motor vehicles and the like  
The electrical resistance hot-plate of the plug of the lighter comprises a holder which houses and retains a heating element in the form of a metal strip shaped, for example, in accordion-pleated...
4351291 Glow plug  
A glow plug for accelerating the ignition of fuel in a combustion chamber of a diesel engine is disclosed. The glow plug comprises a shell releasably engagable with a head of a combustion chamber...
4302659 Ceramic heater-element to be used for cigarette-lighters  
A ceramic heater-element to be incorporated into a plug to be pressed into a socket provided on a front inner car-body, thereby providing a cigarette-lighter, which comprises an annular shaped...
4283619 Glow plug temperature control apparatus  
Glow plugs (16), (17), (18), (19) for a Diesel engine are connected to a power source (12) through a switch (13) to receive electrical power. A time constant circuit including a capacitor (32) and...
4271453 Igniter with coupling structure  
An igniter is disclosed having a heat generator responsive to an ignition signal for igniting powder. comprises a first connector insulatingly supporting a first pair of electrical conductions...
4255645 Electric cigarette-lighter device  
An electrical cigarette-lighter device for mounting on a vehicle dashboard has a fixed hollow body part and a removable elongate candle part normally stowed in the body part. The candle part...
4206492 Electric gas ignitor utilizing a fiber ignition element  
An electric gas ignitor is disclosed having a gas igniting fiber comprising a core of conductive refractory material and an outer, high strength, oxidation resistant coating. One aspect of the...
4205363 Fuel ignitor comprising a novel silicon carbide composition  
A composition comprising negatively doped hot pressed particulate silicon carbide, the process for making the composition, an electrical hot surface fuel ignitor manufactured from the composition,...
4143262 Sheath glow plug for rotary piston engines  
A glow plug for rotary piston engines adapted to be mounted in an engine plug hole so as not to project from the plug hole and to be traversed by a flow of fuel-air mixture temporarily trapped in...
4130853 Glow plug temperature circuit  
An apparatus for regulating the temperature of a model engine glow plug filament. Between pulses from a power circuit, an amplifier applies its output voltage to a filament current path comprising...
4107510 Starting aids for combustion engines  
An ignition aid for internal combustion engines includes a sintered refractory ceramic composite heating element having a high resistance central portion interposed between a low resistance...
4099906 Hot surface fuel ignition system  
A special regulating type of transformer is used to energize a hot surface igniter, a fuel valve and a fuse in a series circuit. The design of the regulating transformer is such as to provide an...
4058701 Glow element arrangement for electric cigarette lighters  
A glow element arrangement for electric cigarette lighters includes a disk-shaped semiconductor element of predetermined geometric configuration. The element has electrically conductive contacting...
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