Patent ID: 7281906

Claim:
An oil pump for an automatic transmission comprising: a pump body; a pump cover opposed to the pump body to define a pump chamber between the pump body and the pump cover, the pump chamber communicating with a pump suction port and a pump discharge port; an inner rotor disposed in the pump chamber and driven by a driving force from a torque converter; an outer rotor meshed with the inner rotor; a first oil passage for supplying oil from an oil pan to the pump suction port; a second oil passage for returning excess oil of a first regulator to the first oil passage; a third oil passage having an outlet port for returning excess oil of a second regulator to the pump suction port; wherein the third oil passage has a circular arc shape positioned at an outer side of the pump suction port and surrounding the suction port, the third oil passage terminating at the pump suction port, and wherein a radially inwardly projecting portion is formed inside of an outlet of the second oil passage, and oil flow from the outlet of the second oil passage follows the oil flow in the first oil passage.