Patent ID: 7178509

Claim:
A high-pressure pump for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, the pump comprising, a pump housing ( 10 , 12 , 14 ) a plurality of pump elements ( 16 ) disposed in the pump housing, the pump elements ( 16 ) being operable to pump fluid at high pressure via a high-pressure conduit system to a common high-pressure connection ( 42 ), the pump housing having a housing body ( 10 ) and, for each pump element ( 16 ), one housing cap ( 14 ) covering the pump element and joined to the housing body ( 10 ), and the high-pressure conduit system having high-pressure bores ( 52 , 54 ) extending without intersections in the housing body ( 10 ), which bores are joined together in the region of the transition from the housing body ( 10 ) to one of the housing caps ( 14 a ) or in one of the housing caps ( 14 a ) to form the common high-pressure connection ( 42 ).