Patent ID: 6598594
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel supply apparatus comprising:a sub tank housed in a fuel tank; a jet pump for drawing fuel contained in the fuel tank by suction produced when fuel is injected from a jet nozzle, and for delivering the fuel into the sub tank along an inner bottom surface of the sub tank; a fuel pump housed in the sub tank, for drawing in and discharging the fuel contained in the sub tank; a filter disposed on the inner bottom surface of the sub tank, for removing foreign substances in the fuel within the sub tank that are drawn in by the fuel pump; a fuel flow changing member for changing a direction of the fuel delivered from the jet pump and flowing along the inner bottom surface so that the fuel is directed away from the inner bottom surface, and for changing a direction of the fuel flowing away from the inner bottom surface so that the fuel is directed parallel to the inner bottom surface to reach a portion of the filter farthest from the inner bottom surface; and a check valve provided at a fuel outlet of the jet pump.