Patent ID: 8398381

Claim:
A pump comprising: a. a main body, said main body comprising; i. a gear chamber; ii. a mounting base, wherein an outlet interface is formed on one surface of said mounting base, wherein a pump outlet port is positioned within the periphery of said outlet interface, and wherein the position of said pump is secured via said mounting base; iii. a cover housing interface surface; iv. a pump outlet passage fluidly connecting said gear chamber and said pump outlet port; v. a radial inlet port in fluid communication with said gear chamber; vi. a radial inlet port passage in fluid communication with said radial inlet port and said cover housing interface surface; b. a cover housing attachable to said main body about said cover housing interface surface, said cover housing comprising; i. an inlet channel; ii. an axial inlet port in fluid communication with said inlet channel; iii. a radial inlet port feed passage in fluid communication with said inlet channel and said radial inlet port passage; and c. a drive gear and an idler gear disposed in said gear chamber, wherein said drive gear and idler gear are intermeshed, wherein a source of rotational power is operatively coupled to said drive gear, wherein said axial inlet port in said cover housing is oriented to oppose an axial face of said drive gear and said idler gear such that a fluid is supplied directly to said axial face of said drive gear and said idler year via said axial inlet port, and wherein said radial inlet port feed passage is in fluid communication with a radial face of said drive gear and said idler gear.