Patent ID: 6488476
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60K,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A fuel feed unit for use in a motor vehicle having a fuel tank and a baffle defining a fuel reservoir located in and positioned adjacent the bottom of the fuel tank, the baffle holding a first quantity of fuel separate from the fuel in the tank, the feed unit comprising:(a) a unitary fuel holding and jet pumping structure mounted within the fuel reservoir baffle, the holding and pumping structure including, (i) an open-top extended wall portion that defines an open volume for holding a second quantity of fuel separately from the first quantity of fuel held in the fuel tank baffle and, (ii) jet pump structure integrally connected to the extended wall portion and open to the fuel within the fuel tank baffle; (b) a fuel supply pump mounted above the jet pump within the volume defined by the extended wall portion and connected to supply fuel to the motor vehicle engine and to the jet pump to draw fuel into volume defined by the fuel tank baffle; (c) a fuel supply flow line between the fuel supply pump and the motor vehicle engine; and (d) a fuel supply flow line running directly between the fuel supply pump and the jet pump to effect operation of the jet pump.