Patent ID: 9404481
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: F04B,F16K

Claim Text:
1. A high-pressure pump comprising: a plunger; a pump chamber in which a fuel is pressurized along with a reciprocation of the plunger; a pump body defining a fuel supply passage through which the fuel is supplied to the pump chamber and a discharge passage through which the fuel pressurized in the pump chamber is discharged; a suction valve which seals or unseals a valve seat formed on an inner wall surface of the fuel supply passage so that the pump chamber and the fuel supply passage are fluidly connected or disconnected with each other; a stopper which restricts a movement of the suction valve in a valve-open direction; a needle which is positioned opposite side of the pump chamber with respect to the suction valve in such a manner as to bias the suction valve in the valve-open direction; a movable core which is fixed to an end portion of the needle opposite to the suction valve, the movable core being provided in a movable core chamber in such a manner as to reciprocate in a moving direction of the needle; a fixed core which is positioned to an opposite side of the suction valve with respect to the movable core; a coil which generates a magnetic attraction force between the fixed core and the movable core when energized; a biasing portion which biases the movable core and the needle in the valve-open direction of the suction valve; and a needle guide which has a communication hole fluidly connecting the movable core chamber with the fuel supply passage, the needle guide defining the movable core chamber and the fuel supply passage, wherein an opening sectional area of the communication hole is defined so that a fuel discharged amount decreases relative to a maximum fuel discharge amount as an energization start time of the coil is delayed relative to the energization start time for the maximum fuel discharge amount when a biasing force of the needle to the suction valve is reduced while the plunger slides toward the pump chamber by energizing the coil, wherein: the opening sectional area of the communication hole is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 0.31% of an area which is obtained by removing a cross-sectional area of the needle from a cross-sectional area of the movable core.