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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susumu Kojima, Susono, JP;
Keiso Takeda, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/720 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/720 ;
Abstract
A fuel supplying apparatus has a fuel pump for pumping fuel stored in a fuel tank. The fuel pump supplies fuel from the fuel tank to outside the fuel tank via a take-up portion having a fuel take-up opening that opens in the fuel in the fuel tank and a gas take-up opening that opens in a space formed above the fuel liquid surface in the fuel tank. Fuel vapor formed in the fuel tank can be supplied to outside the fuel tank without being released to the atmosphere, by using a minimal number of component elements.