Patent ID: 6655364
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
A fuel supply system comprising: a fuel pump installed in a fuel tank for raising a pressure of a fuel and supplying the fuel to an injector of an internal-combustion engine; a fuel pressure regulator for discharging a surplus of the fuel discharged from said fuel pump as a surplus fuel from a fuel passage into said fuel tank and regulating the pressure of the fuel; and a fuel filter having a hollow cylindrical filter case in which a filtration element for filtering the fuel discharged from said fuel pump is accommodated;wherein said filter case is provided with a holding hole for holding said fuel pump, a center line of said holding hole is formed eccentric with respect to a center line of said filter case by a predetermined distance, and a first enlarged space portion is formed at a part surrounded by an outer circumferential portion of said fuel pump and an outer circumferential portion of said filter case.