Patent ID: 6203286
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric fuel pump mountable in a fuel tank for pumping fuel to an internal combustion engine, said fuel pump comprising a casing mountable at a bottom wall of the fuel tank, said casing having a fuel inlet at a bottom thereof and a fuel outlet at a top thereof so that the fuel pump can pump fuel upwardly through the casing from said inlet to said outlet, a vent valve at the top of the casing which is closed when the fuel pump is operating to pump fuel and is opened when the fuel pump is deactivated, and a conduit defining a passage having one end connected to said vent valve and an opposite end which is open at a level in proximity to the bottom of the fuel tank so that when the fuel pump is deactivated fuel will be suctioned in said passage to said casing of the pump to facilitate pumping of the fuel when the pump is reactivated.