Patent ID: 6178938
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: F01P,F02B,F02D,F23N,Y02T

Abstract:
A combustion heater for an internal combustion engine, which operates when said internal combustion engine is in a predetermined operation state, thereby raising temperatures of engine related elements, said combustion heater comprising:a combustion chamber for executing a combustion;an air supply passageway for supplying said combustion chamber with air for the combustion;an igniting device for igniting a fuel for the combustion in said combustion chamber; anda combustion gas discharge passageway for discharging from said combustion chamber a combustion gas emitted when burned in said combustion chamber, and whereinat least one of said air supply passageway and said combustion gas discharge passageway is connected to an intake passageway of said internal combustion engine, andsaid combustion heater including:air supply quantity regulating means for regulating a quantity of air supplied to said combustion chamber via said air supply passageway; andcontrol means for controlling an operating state of said air supply quantity regulating means in accordance with a rotational speed of said internal combustion engine.