Patent ID: 8915233
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel supply equipment attached to a bottom wall of a fuel tank storing fuel, comprising: a lid member filled in an opening made in the bottom wall and provided with a fuel discharge pipe; a fuel pump held by the lid member and configured to suck in the fuel within the fuel tank and discharge the fuel to an outside of the fuel tank from the fuel discharge pipe; a suction filter provided on a suction side of the fuel pump to filter the fuel within the fuel tank that will be sucked into the fuel pump; a fuel filter provided on a discharge side of the fuel pump to remove foreign matter in the fuel discharged from the fuel pump; a pressure regulator configured to adjust a pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel filter to a predetermined pressure and discharge excess fuel of the fuel; a case configured to accommodate the fuel pump, the suction filter, the fuel filter, and the pressure regulator and accumulate therein the excess fuel discharged from the pressure regulator; and a supporting member provided to the lid member to support the case on the lid member, wherein the excess fuel is discharged into an air bubble suppressing member having a conical body creating a convection flow of the excess fuel.