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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Hitachi Automotive Systems Steering, Ltd., Hiki-gun, Saitama, JP;
Hiroki Imanaga, Atsugi, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems Steering, Ltd., Hiki-gun, JP;
Abstract
A variable displacement pump includes: a discharge opening formed at a position to confront a discharge region; a back pressure introduction groove formed on the suction region side; and a discharge side thin wall portion which is formed in the second housing, which has a recessed shape opened to the outside, which is disposed on the discharge region side, which is overlapped with the rotor in the radial direction, and which includes a smallest thickness portion having a smallest wall thickness of thicknesses each of which is an axial length between a bottom surface of the recessed shape and an axially inner side surface of the second housing, the smallest wall thickness being a smallest wall thickness of axial thicknesses of the second housing.