Patent ID: 6102011
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B63B,B63H,F02M

Abstract:
A fuel delivery system for use on marine vessels having an engine for propulsion, a fuel tank storing fuel supplied to the engine to run the engine, and a fuel supply line extending between the fuel delivery system and the engine, the fuel delivery system comprising:a pressure regulator regulating the pressure of fuel pumped to the engine, the pressure regulator being mounted externally of the fuel tank;a fuel pump sized to fit within the fuel tank for pumping fuel, under pressure, between the fuel delivery system and the engine;a fuel filter also sized to fit within the fuel tank, said fuel filter resting in the fuel and connected to an inlet of the fuel pump for fuel in the tank to be drawn into the fuel pump through the fuel filter; and,said fuel pump tethered by a flexible hose to the pressure regulator for the fuel pump and fuel filter to be installed and operate in the fuel tank without use of other supporting structure.