| 20110142703 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT VANE PUMP - A variable displacement vane pump including a relief valve which includes a valve bore, a spherical valve element in the valve bore, a valve seat fixed onto one axial side of the valve bore and having a through hole and an annular seat surface on which the valve element is seated when the relief valve is in a closed position, a coil spring disposed on the other axial side of the valve bore, and a valve element retainer disposed between the valve element and the coil spring, wherein the seat surface is configured such that when the relief valve is in the closed position, a center of the valve element is located offset from a central axis of one winding seating portion of the coil spring which is disposed on an opposite side of the seat surface, in a radial direction of the valve bore. | 06-16-2011 |
