Patent ID: 8333576

Claim:
A power steering pump, comprising: a first surface, an intake flow channel being defined by said first surface; a chamber into which fluid is received; and a plate disposed between said first surface and said chamber, said plate being provided with an opening extending through said plate, said plate opening having opposed terminal ends, one said terminal end being downstream of the other relative to the flow of fluid through said intake flow channel; said intake flow channel being in fluid communication with said chamber through said plate opening; said intake flow channel being configured to direct fluid flow through said plate opening into said chamber at a location intermediate and spaced from said terminal ends of said plate opening; said intake flow channel being defined by a bottom surface and a sloped surface, said sloped surface extending from said bottom surface toward said plate; wherein said intake flow channel has a transition zone through which said bottom surface and said sloped surface are joined; wherein said transition zone is located at a position along said intake flow channel at which it and one of said plate opening terminal ends are approximately superposed.