Claims
- 1. An electrically heatable glow plug for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a corrosion-resistant sealed metal jacket comprising:
- a filling of an electrically nonconducting compressed powder;
- an electrically conducting coil embedded in the filling; and
- particles of an electrically nonconducting getter material for binding oxygen contained in the compressed powder filling, wherein the getter material is a coating on the conducting coil or on an inner surface of the metal jacket; and
- at least one electrical terminal introduced into the metal jacket for the coil, wherein the metal jacket and the at least one terminal are sealed gas-tight.
- 2. A glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the getter material coating comprises a metal or a mixture or alloy of metals that have a higher affinity for oxygen than for the conducting coil or the metal jacket.
- 3. A glow plug according to claim 2, wherein the getter material coating alloys with the conducting coil or the metal jacket.
- 4. A glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the getter material coating comprises at least one metal oxide at a low oxidation stage or a mixture of metal oxides of different metals, wherein the at least one metal oxide or the mixture have a higher affinity for oxygen than for the conducting coil or the metal jacket.
- 5. A glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the getter material coating is a galvanic coating on the conducting coil or on the inner surface of the metal jacket.
- 6. A glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the getter material coating comprises a layer of fine particles glued to the conducting coil or the inner surface of the metal jacket.
- 7. The glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the getter material coating is an electrostatically deposited layer on the conducting coil or inner surface of the metal jacket.
- 8. The glow plug according to claim 1, wherein the getter material is in an adhesive layer.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/216,944, filed Dec. 21, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,043,459.
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