Patent ID: 6711899
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: F23M,F23R,F27D

Abstract:
A heat shield block for lining a combustion chamber of a combustion engine comprising:a hot side wall which is subjected to a hot medium (M), a wall side opposite the hot side, and a peripheral side adjoining the hot side wail and the wall side opposite the hot side, a tension element which is prestressed to a predetermined prestress level (Fz) being attached to the peripheral side, wherein the tension element maintains the heat shield block intact due to the tension element being under prestress (Fz) and prevents releasing of a fragment of the heat shield block being formed during a fracture of the heat shield block, wherein the tension element is stress-free at a ambient temperature, and in that the tension element is under the prestress (Fz) at an application temperature above ambient temperature.