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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Takeshi Okuma, Aichi, JP;
Shuei Ishii, Aichi, JP;
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A glow plug includes a cylindrical housing having an axial hole which extends in the direction of an axis and provided with, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a screw portion for being screwed into a mounting hole of an internal combustion engine, and a heater member inserted into the axial hole in a state where at least front end portion thereof projects from a front end of the housing. The housing includes a tool engagement portion which is provided at a rear end side than the screw portion and to which a tool is engaged when the being mounted to the internal combustion engine. An inner circumference of the tool engagement portion has a shape which follows an outer circumferential shape of the tool engagement portion.