Patent ID: 8608456

Claim:
A high pressure pump comprising: a plunger; a cylinder that receives the plunger, wherein the plunger is axially reciprocatable in the cylinder and forms a pressurizing chamber in cooperation with the cylinder to pressurize fuel in the pressurizing chamber upon reciprocation of the plunger in the cylinder; a discharge valve that is provided at an outlet of the pressurizing chamber; a housing that includes: a first return flow passage that is communicated with an outlet of the discharge valve; a second return flow passage that is communicated with an inlet of the discharge valve; a valve receiving hole that is formed between the first return flow passage and the second return flow passage, wherein the first return flow passage opens to the valve receiving hole; and a valve seat that is formed at an opening of the first return flow passage; a valve element that is received in the valve receiving hole, wherein the valve element is adapted to be seated against the valve seat when a pressure of fuel at an outlet side of the discharge valve is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, and the valve element is adapted to be lifted away from the valve seat when the pressure of fuel at the outlet side of the discharge valve is larger than the predetermined value; a movable member that is received in the valve receiving hole on a side of the valve element, which is opposite from the valve seat and is movable in an axial direction of the valve receiving hole; valve element urging means for urging the valve element in a closing direction of the valve element toward the valve seat, wherein the valve element urging means is placed between the valve element and the movable member; and movable member urging means for urging the movable member toward the valve element by an urging force, which is larger than an urging force of the valve element urging means, wherein: at least one choked flow passage is formed between one side of the movable member, at which the valve element is located, and the other side of the movable member, which is opposite from the valve element, wherein the at least one choked flow passage communicates between the one side of the movable member and the other side of the movable member and limits an amount of fuel, which passes from the one side of the movable member to the other side of the movable member, when the movable member is moved by the urging force of the movable member urging means toward the valve element; and a larger amount of fuel, which is larger than the amount of fuel that is passable through the at least one choked flow passage, flows from the first return flow passage to the second return flow passage, when the movable member is moved toward the other side, which is opposite from the valve element, against the urging force of the movable member urging means.