Patent ID: 6899528

Claim:
A power steering pump comprising: a cam plate defining a cam chamber, said cam plate having a first face and a second face; a rotor disposed within the cam chamber and rotatable about an axis, said rotor comprising a plurality of slots and vanes slideably received in the slots; a discharge cover plate having a discharge cover face overlying the first face of the cam plate and comprising at least one recess that cooperates with said first face to define a fluid discharge passage and includes a portion that overlies the cam chamber to provide an outlet for discharging fluid from the cam chamber to the fluid discharge passage; a suction cover plate having a suction cover face overlying the second face of the cam plate and comprising at least one recess that cooperates with said second face to define a suction passage and includes a portion that overlies the cam chamber to provide an inlet for supplying fluid from the suction passage to the cam chamber; and a pump outler in said discharge cover plate and communicating with the discharge passage.