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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tai Nakashima, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Dazai, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Ono, Saitama, JP;
Hiroto Yoshiki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/704 ;
Abstract
A fuel supply unit for a vehicle includes a fuel tank, a fuel pump for providing a fuel supply system of the vehicle with fuel introduced from the fuel tank via a strainer disposed therein, a fuel return pipe for returning surplus fuel from the fuel supply system to the fuel tank and a spongy fuel-adsorbing member disposed between the strainer end a tip of the fuel return pipe.