Patent ID: 7819258
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel filter assembly comprising: a housing connected between a fuel tank and a pump pumping fuel from the fuel tank and supplying filtered fuel to a common rail injecting the filtered fuel to an engine; a filter incorporated in inner circumference of the housing to filter impurities of the fuel pumped from the fuel tank; and a center pipe disposed in inner space of the filter in a longitudinal direction of the filter and substantially enclosed by the filter, wherein lower portion of the center pipe is spaced from inner bottom portion of the housing with a predetermined distance, the center pipe discharging the filtered fuel collected in the lower portion of the center pipe by the pump, wherein the center pipe includes: a hollow pipe body disposed over the inner bottom portion of the housing with the predetermined distance; and an upper body extending upwards from the hollow pipe body, the upper body tapered outwards with a predetermined angle with respect to longitudinal axis of the hollow pipe body, wherein outlet of the upper body is coupled to a pipeline connected to the pump, and wherein the support frame comprises: