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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123509 ; 137572 ;
Abstract
A fuel pump for pumping fuel is provided in a sub-tank suspended in a fuel tank in order to reserve a fuel volume necessary for the fuel pump to be started on an inlet side of the fuel pump in the fuel tank. A fuel level holding member formed so as to rise upward on a suction opening side of the fuel pump reserves the fuel in space of the risen part. Thus, a structure for reserving the fuel volume pumped by the fuel pump in the fuel tank can be obtained with a simple construction.