Patent ID: 6464872
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
A fuel filter to be attached to a suction side of a fuel pump, comprising:a bag member made of a filtration material; a cylindrical portion attached to the bag member and having an opening to allow an interior of the bag member to communicate with the suction side of the fuel pump; and a shape keeping frame disposed in the bag member to extend from an inner side of the cylindrical portion located in the bag member to an inside of the bag member, said shape keeping frame having a plate shape portion disposed in front of the opening of the cylindrical portion to form a space relative to the opening and to make a surface contact with an inner surface of the bag member to thereby prevent the opening from clogging by the bag member; a ring portion; a central plate shape portion located at about a center of the ring portion away from the opening of the cylindrical portion and connected to the plate shape portion; bar shape portions extending radially inwardly from the ring portion, and provided between the ring portion and the central plate portion and between the ring portion and the plate shape portion; and abutting pieces provided on the ring portion and the bar shape portions to project from a side opposite to the cylindrical portion.