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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Hajime Danjo, Kariya, JP;
Masashi Otsuka, Kariya, JP;
Akihide Hashi, Kariya, JP;
Kouji Maruyama, Aichi-gun, JP;
Masaaki Konishi, Chiryu, JP;
Inventors:
Hajime Danjo, Kariya, JP;
Masashi Otsuka, Kariya, JP;
Akihide Hashi, Kariya, JP;
Kouji Maruyama, Aichi-gun, JP;
Masaaki Konishi, Chiryu, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel feed apparatus includes a sub-tank that is received in the fuel tank and a fuel pump that is received in the sub-tank and pumps fuel in the sub-tank toward the outside of the fuel tank. The sub-tank has a bottom wall that has a first passageway extending in the axial direction of the sub-tank, to which a suction jet pump unit to suction fuel in the fuel tank into the sub-tank can be selectively mounted.