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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Shigeki Kanamaru, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Tsutsui, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A discharge path for discharging static electricity generated in a fuel filter built in a fuel supply apparatus mounted in a tank is formed with accuracy. A housing container of a fuel filter is formed by heat welding a main housing and a lid housing at a welding face 5 , a support frame of a filter is formed of a conductive thermoplastic resin, a part of the support frame accommodated in the main housing is at the same height as a welding face , and an end of a peripheral wall for a communicating hole formed on the lid housing is formed at the same height as a heat welding face of the lid housing , wherein an earth conductor is connected to an exposed pedestal of the support frame exposed by heat welding the part of the support frame and the end of the communicating hole fluid-tight simultaneously with formation of the housing container.