Patent ID: 8746277
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel feed apparatus configured to supply fuel from a tank to an exterior of the tank, the fuel feed apparatus comprising: a fuel pump having a pump chamber accommodating a rotor member, the rotor member being rotatable to supply fuel to the exterior of the tank; a case supported in the tank, the case accommodating a part of the fuel pump; and a pump bracket located in the tank, the pump bracket being in a tubular bottomed shape having a sidewall portion in which a remaining portion of the fuel pump is inserted such that the sidewall portion surrounds a radially outside of the pump chamber of the remaining portion, the pump bracket being joined with the case to define a gap therebetween in a radial direction of the rotor member such that the pump bracket is movable relative to the case, wherein the case and the pump bracket overlap one another to have an overlap portion therebetween at a radially outside of a barycenter of the fuel pump, and the case and the pump bracket are joined with each other at the overlap portion to define the gap therebetween.