Patent ID: 7488161
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
1. A high pressure pump comprising: an inlet member; a pump housing that has an inlet chamber and a compression chamber, fluid being drawn from the inlet member into the compression chamber through the inlet chamber, fluid being pressurized in the compression chamber; an outlet member, through which fluid flows from the compression chamber; and a plunger that is movable in the pump housing for pressurizing fluid in the compression chamber, wherein the inlet chamber has an outer circumferential periphery that includes a discontinuous portion with respect to a circumferential direction of the outer circumferential periphery, and the pump housing has a space on an outer side of the discontinuous portion with respect to the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential periphery, the high pressure pump further comprising: at least one component that is at least partially accommodated in the space.