Patent ID: 7011012

Claim:
A fluid pump ( 16 ) for internal combustion engines ( 10 ) with direct injection, the pump comprising a housing ( 24 ), a drive chamber ( 26 ) in the housing ( 24 ), an eccentric shaft or camshaft ( 36 ) disposed in at least some regions in the drive chamber ( 26 ), at least one pumping element ( 54 ), which can be set into a reciprocating motion at least indirectly by the eccentric shaft or camshaft ( 36 ), and a lubricant relief region ( 66 ) communicating with the drive chamber ( 26 ), in a region ( 73 ) that in terms of the direction of rotation of the eccentric shaft or camshaft ( 36 ) is ahead of the at least one pumping element ( 54 ), wherein the communication of the drive chamber ( 26 ) with the lubricant relief region ( 66 ) includes a conduit ( 64 , 76 ) that ends in a pump flange ( 72 ) and has a portion ( 70 , 82 ) extending axially in the housing ( 24 ).