Patent ID: 9599341
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: F23Q

Claim:
1. A glow plug comprising: a cylindrical housing having an axial hole which extends in a direction of an axis and provided with, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a screw portion for being screwed into a mounting hole of an internal combustion engine; and a heater member inserted into the axial hole in a state where at least a front end portion thereof projects from a front end of the housing, characterized in that: the housing includes: a cylindrical front-end-side body portion extending to the front end side from a front end of the screw portion and provided with a holding portion which holds the heater member at an inner circumference thereof; and a gasket portion lying adjacent to a front end side of the front-end-side body portion in the direction of the axis and bent at a bent portion provided at a rear end thereof so that at least a rear end portion thereof extends in a direction intersecting the direction of the axis, the gasket portion includes a pressure contact portion in which a surface thereof located at an outer circumferential side is brought into pressure contact with a seat surface of the internal combustion engine when the screw portion is screwed into the mounting hole of the internal combustion engine, the gasket portion performs bending deformation at the bent portion when the glow plug is mounted to the internal combustion engine, and wherein the holding portion which holds the heater member at the inner circumference thereof is provided to only the front-end-side body portion.