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Title:
FUEL PUMP
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/038280
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a fuel pump disposed on the outside of a fuel tank and configured so that the durability of a bearing is improved. A fuel pump (20) is provided with: a drive shaft (40); a rotating swash plate (50) mounted to the drive shaft (40); a cylinder (241); a piston (25) pressed so that one end thereof is in contact with the rotating swash plate (50), the piston (25) being provided so that the piston (25) can be moved within the cylinder (241) by the rotation of the rotating swash plate (50). The fuel pump is characterized in that the rotating swash plate (50) is provided with: an annular rotating plate (52) in contact with the piston (25); and a bearing (51) having a drive-side first ring (511) which is mounted to the drive shaft (40), a driven-side second ring (512) which is mounted to the annular rotating plate (52), and rolling bodies (513) which are provided between the first ring (511) and the second ring (512), the bearing (51) having a tilted axis (514) tilted relative to the axis (43) of the drive shaft (40), a straight line (515) connecting the contact points (511c, 512a) at which each rolling body (513) and the rings (511, 512) are in contact with each other being not perpendicular to the tilted axis (514).

Inventors:
MORI TETSUYA (JP)
OKABE YASUHISA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/068491
Publication Date:
March 13, 2014
Filing Date:
July 05, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
F02M37/00; F04B1/16; F02M37/08; F02M37/20; F04B53/00
Foreign References:
JPH10318123A1998-12-02
JPH10266946A1998-10-06
JP4246231B22009-04-02
JP2000130289A2000-05-09
DE102008028796A12009-12-24
JP2008255846A2008-10-23
Other References:
See also references of EP 2896831A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAMEJIMA, Mutsumi et al. (JP)
Mutsumi Sameshima (JP)
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