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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1998
Kenji Hiraku, Chiyoda-machi, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki 315-0054, JP;
Yuzo Kadomukai, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki 315-0035, JP;
Yukio Takahashi, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-0062, JP;
Kenji Okuna, Seto-shi, Aichi 489-0983, JP;
Yasuo Kita, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 610-1101, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A gear pump has a pair of gears a seal member for sealing up teeth of the gross engaging with each other in a sealed-up gear case, which seal member is provided at a place occupied by plurality of teeth in the vicinity of a working area of the teeth in a low pressure side of the gear case and is not connected to the gear case, the seal member having a low pressure fuel the flow of hole for flowing a low pressure fuel, wherein a tooth sealing angle for the plurality of teeth is set substantially to a value within a range of 35.degree..+-.5.degree. for gears having of 14 to 18 teeth, and a high pressure fuel flowing passage for the flow of a high pressure fuel, formed in a space other than the working area of the teeth and the area of and the sealing member, in the gear case. Further, a fuel system for vehicle engine, using the above-mentioned gear pump, includes a fuel tank, a first pipe connecting the fuel tank and the low pressure fuel flowing hole in the gear pump, a second pipe connecting a fuel injection nozzle and the high pressure fuel flowing passage in the gear pump, and a booster pump provided at an intermediate part of the first pipe, for raising the pressure of fuel transferred to the low pressure fuel flowing hole to a pressure value at which the occurrence of cavitation at the low pressure fuel flowing hole can be suppressed.