Patent ID: 9683742
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F23Q

Claim:
1. A pressure sensor integrated glow plug configured to be inserted inside a cylinder of an internal combustion engine and used, the pressure sensor integrated glow plug comprising: a housing, a rod-like heater element held with a distal end of the heater element projecting from the housing, and a pressure sensor, with the heater element being held in the housing by a flexible member and configured in such a way that a position of the heater element relative to the housing is displaceable, and with the pressure sensor being configured in such a way that the pressure sensor can receive pressure inside the cylinder because of displacement of the heater element, wherein a heat-resistant fiber member carrying an oxidation catalyst component is disposed in an interstice between the housing and the heater element on a distal end side of the flexible member.