Patent ID: 8992190
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel feed apparatus comprising: a reservoir being in a bottomed tubular shape and located in a fuel tank; a lid member located in the fuel tank and mounted to a periphery of an opening of the reservoir to close the opening; and a pump unit located in the fuel tank and configured to discharge fuel stored in the reservoir to an exterior of the fuel tank, the pump unit being supported by a holding portion of the lid member, wherein the holding portion supports the pump unit to float the pump unit at a position spaced from a bottom portion of the reservoir, the pump unit includes a fuel pump and a suction filter which are integrated with each other, the suction filter is located at the lowermost portion of the pump unit, and is floated to be spaced from the bottom portion of the reservoir, the holding portion includes an elastic piece being elastically deformable and located on a lateral side of the pump unit, the elastic piece of the holding portion has an upper end portion supporting the pump unit from a lower side, the pump unit includes an upper portion having a projected portion projected radially outward from the upper portion of the pump unit, the upper end portion of the elastic piece of the holding portion supports the projected portion from the lower side, the projected portion has a projected-side tip end from which a projection element is further projected radially outward from the projected-side tip end, the holding portion includes a fitting surface portion configured to be fitted to the projection element from an upper side to interpose the projected portion with the upper end portion of the elastic piece, and the projected-side tip end of the projected portion is interposed between the fitting surface portion and the upper end portion of the elastic piece.