FUEL SUPPLY PUMP
An object of the invention is to provide a fuel supply pump that improves the lubricity of a plunger that reciprocates on the inner circumference of a cylinder in order to suppress sticking of the plunger that may occur with increasing pressure of fuel. A fuel supply pump includes a plunger that reciprocates in an inner peripheral portion of a cylinder, and a pressurizing chamber that is pressurized by the plunger. An annular groove is formed on an outer periphery of the plunger. The annular groove is located closer to the pressurizing chamber than an axial center position of a cylinder sliding region at the bottom dead center position.
1 . A fuel supply pump, comprising:
a plunger that reciprocates in an inner peripheral portion of a cylinder; and
a pressurizing chamber that is pressurized by the plunger,
wherein an annular groove is formed on an outer periphery of the plunger, and
wherein the annular groove is located closer to the pressurizing chamber than an axial center position of a cylinder sliding region at a bottom dead center position.
2 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 1 , wherein only one annular groove is formed on an outer peripheral portion of the plunger.
3 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 2 , wherein the annular groove is located at a bottom dead center position between an axial center position of a plunger sliding region and the axial center position of the cylinder sliding region.
4 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 2 , wherein the annular groove has a first tapered surface inclined toward a side of the pressurizing chamber with respect to a radial direction and a second tapered surface inclined toward a side opposite to the pressurizing chamber with respect to the radial direction.
5 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 4 , wherein a crossing angle of the first tapered surface and a crossing angle of the second tapered surface with respect to an axial direction of the annular groove are within a range of 10° to 50°.
6 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 4 , wherein the annular groove has a bottom formed in a planar shape between the first tapered surface and the second tapered surface.
7 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 2 , wherein an axial length of the annular groove is 2 mm or less.
8 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 2 , wherein a radial depth of the annular groove is 1 mm or less.
9 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 2 , wherein the annular groove is located closer to the pressurizing chamber than the axial center position of the cylinder sliding region at a top dead center position.
10 . The fuel supply pump according to claim 2 , wherein, at the bottom dead center position, the annular groove is located closer to the side opposite to the pressurizing chamber than the axial center position of the plunger sliding region and closer to the pressurizing chamber than the axial center position of the cylinder sliding region.