IP Library Granted Patent US 10,851,751
Granted Patent B2
US 10,851,751 · App. 16/603,072 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

High-pressure fuel pump

Inventors: Kazuaki Tokumaru (Hitachinaka, JP); Masahiko Hayatani (Hitachinaka, JP); Satoshi Usui (Hitachinaka, JP); Atsuji Saito (Hitachinaka, JP); Kenichiro Tokuo (Hitachinaka, JP); Masamichi Yagai (Hitachinaka, JP); Masayuki Suganami (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
F02M59/44F04B53/168F16J10/04
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Patent No.
US 10,851,751
App. No.
16/603,072
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump which can fix a cylinder to a pump body using a simple structure, and can reduce a displacement amount inward in a radial direction of the cylinder. A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber and a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body. The cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on an opposite side to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the opposite side to the pressing chamber. The cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from a bonding portion to an upper end.

Claims (54)

1. A high-pressure fuel pump, comprising:

a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber; and

a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body, wherein

the cylinder is provided with a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction distal to the pressing chamber,

the convex portion is press-fitted into the hole, and

the cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body, the clearance spanning only from a region from an upper end of the convex portion to an upper end of the cylinder.

2. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clearance is formed to be 0.025 mm or more.

3. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction, and the convex portion is formed to protrude outside in the radial direction by 0.0165 mm or more from an outermost diameter portion of the clearance in a lower portion of the clearance.

4. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plunger which slides on an inner diameter side of the cylinder,

wherein, in a state where the plunger is at a maximum distance from the pressing chamber, a concave portion is formed to be dented inward in the radial direction at a position corresponding to the convex portion of the cylinder in an axial direction.

5. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 4 ,

wherein the concave portion is formed all around an outer diameter portion of the plunger.

6. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein an end of the convex portion inward in the radial direction is formed in a lower end of the hole of the pump body, an upper surface of the end of the convex portion comes into contact with a lower surface of the clearance of the cylinder, and a movement to a lower direction of the cylinder is restricted.

7. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction, and is formed such that a length in an axial direction of the convex portion becomes 0.34 to 0.41 times that in an axial direction of the clearance.

8. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction and a small diameter portion having a thickness smaller than that in the radial direction of the clearance, and is formed such that a length in an axial direction of the small diameter portion becomes 0.94 to 1.01 times that in an axial direction of the clearance.

9. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction and a small diameter portion having a smaller thickness in the radial direction than the thickness of the clearance, and is formed such that a thickness in the radial direction of the small diameter portion becomes 0.34 to 0.40 times that in the radial direction of the clearance.

10. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 1 ,

wherein the convex portion is disposed on a lower side from a center position in an axial direction where the cylinder faces the hole of the pump body.

11. A high-pressure fuel pump, comprising:

a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber; and

a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body, wherein

the cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on side distal to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the side distal to the pressing chamber,

the cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from the convex portion to an end of the pump body adjacent to the pressing chamber, and

the clearance is formed to be 0.025 mm or more.

12. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction, and the convex portion is formed to protrude outside in the radial direction by 0.0165 mm or more from an outermost diameter portion of the clearance in a lower portion of the clearance.

13. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a plunger which slides on an inner diameter side of the cylinder,

wherein, in a state where the plunger is at a maximum distance from the pressing chamber, a concave portion is formed to be dented inward in the radial direction at a position corresponding to the convex portion of the cylinder in an axial direction.

14. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 13 ,

wherein the concave portion is formed all around an outer diameter portion of the plunger.

15. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 ,

wherein an end of the convex portion inward in the radial direction is formed in a lower end of the hole of the pump body, an upper surface of the end of the convex portion comes into contact with a lower surface of the clearance of the cylinder, and a movement to a lower direction of the cylinder is restricted.

16. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction, and is formed such that a length in an axial direction of the convex portion becomes 0.34 to 0.41 times that in an axial direction of the clearance.

17. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction and a small diameter portion having a thickness smaller than that in the radial direction of the clearance, and is formed such that a length in an axial direction of the small diameter portion becomes 0.94 to 1.01 times that in an axial direction of the clearance.

18. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 ,

wherein the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction and a small diameter portion having a smaller thickness in the radial direction than the thickness of the clearance, and is formed such that a thickness in the radial direction of the small diameter portion becomes 0.34 to 0.40 times that in the radial direction of the clearance.

19. The high-pressure fuel pump according to claim 11 ,

wherein the convex portion is disposed on a lower side from a center position in an axial direction where the cylinder faces the hole of the pump body.

20. A high-pressure fuel pump, comprising:

a pump body which is formed with a pressing chamber; and

a cylinder which is inserted in a hole formed in the pump body, wherein

the cylinder is swaged to the hole by pressing a convex portion on an outside in a radial direction to fit into the hole on side distal to the pressing chamber, by screwing a formed screw thread into the hole, or by being swaged with the side distal to the pressing chamber,

the cylinder is formed with a clearance in the radial direction with respect to the hole of the pump body all over a region from the convex portion to an end of the pump body adjacent to the pressing chamber, and

the clearance has an even thickness in the radial direction, and the convex portion is formed to protrude outside in the radial direction by 0.0165 mm or more from an outermost diameter portion of the clearance in a lower portion of the clearance.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2019
From: TOKUMARU, KAZUAKI; HAYATANI, MASAHIKO; USUI, SATOSHI; SAITO, ATSUJI; TOKUO, KENICHIRO; YAGAI, MASAMICHI; SUGANAMI, MASAYUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050630/0494 →