A glow plug control apparatus and a glow plug control method using the same are provided. The glow plug has a housing having an axial hole, a heater member arranged in the axial hole and heated by a current conduction, and a seal member adapted to connect ...

An improvement in fuel economy, a reduction in manufacturing costs, an improvement in quick temperature rising characteristic and a conservation of electric power are realized, while preventing reduction in holding force for holding a heater member by a ho...

A heating device (1) has a heating element (10) capable of generating heat energy when receiving an electric power, and a power supply control module (20) for performing a power supply so that a plug resistance value Rof the heating element becomes equal t...

To suppress deterioration caused by thermal stress without sacrificing the required maximum temperature. At a time when post glow of ceramic glow plugs 50-1 to 50-n ends, when it has been determined that a cooling state inside a combustion chamber of an en...

To operate the glow plug in a vehicle heating system, on starting up the heating, the glow plug is set for working at a nominal heating power (L). During the initial heating interval (I1) of the start phase a lower nominal heating power (L1) is set than th...

The method for the operating of an incandescent igniter element of a vehicle's heater in the starting phase entails the recording a value in dependence upon a heating capacity of the igniter element (12), comparing this value with a reference, and if the v...