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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1988
Tadashi Kozawa, Obu, JP;
Naohiro Natsume, Obu, JP;
Hirofumi Komatsubara, Obu, JP;
Yasunori Takaku, Obu, JP;
Kiyoshi Kato, Obu, JP;
Seiichi Harada, Obu, JP;
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu, JP;
Abstract
A motor-driven fuel pump including a motor section provided with a driving motor, and a pump section arranged below the motor section and provided with an impeller to be driven by the driving motor. A plurality of pressure compensation hollows are formed on opposite surfaces of a sealing portion of the impeller, and a plurality of communication holes are formed through the sealing portion for communicating the pressure compensation hollows. In another aspect, a plurality of pressure compensation passages are provided to be communicated to a higher pressure side of either a pump chamber defined around outer peripheral vanes of the impeller and a fuel well for receiving a fuel leaked along a sealing portion of the impeller.