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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
A preliminary heating control installation for air-compressing internal combustion engines, especially in motor vehicles, with a device for the control of the preliminary heating time as a function of engine temperature and of a time limit, with a relay whose energizing winding is connected in the heating circuit and whose contact controls an indicating lamp, and with an additional circuit that detects the failure of at least one or several heater plugs and renders this defect visible by engagement of the indicating lamp during the duration of the starting operation or therebeyond.