Patent ID: 8545097

Claim:
A turbocharger overheating protection device for prevention of overheatings of a turbocharger of a diesel engine, whose turbocharger withstands a temperature range from −50 to +950° C., the device comprising a metal housing made of a mineral-insulated cable ( 2 ), a receptacle ( 4 ), a sleeve ( 3 ) projecting partly over each of the mineral-insulated cable ( 2 ) and the receptacle ( 4 ), and a temperature measuring element ( 5 ) completely embedded in a ceramic casting ( 13 ) in the receptacle ( 4 ), wherein the temperature measuring element ( 5 ) is equipped with connection wires ( 8 ), wherein the connection wires ( 8 ) are connected via coil springs ( 10 ) with cores of the mineral-insulated cable ( 2 ), and wherein a spacing ( 23 ) of main axes ( 21 ) of coil springs ( 10 ) from each other is at most as large as a diameter ( 22 ) of the coil springs ( 10 ) and wherein the coil springs ( 10 ) are arranged staggered in their longitudinal direction adjacent to each other.