Patent ID: 6450151
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
An apparatus for feeding fuel from a supply container (1) to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a fuel feed unit (2) which on the intake side communicates with a suction container (3), communicating with the supply container (1), and on the pressure side communicates with the engine, and having a return line (4) for feeding excess fuel into the suction container (3), which in the bottom region has a closing element (5) that is movable between a first position, in which the suction container (3) is opened relative to the supply container (1), and a second position, in which the suction container (3) is closed relative to the supply container (1),characterized in that the closing element (5) has an actuating device, which is a float body and which in particular at a low or zero fuel level (6) in the supply container (1) keeps the closing element (5) in the first, open position, and which, when at least enough fuel is located in the suction container (3) that the fuel feed unit (2) can still furnish enough fuel to the engine, keeps the closing element (5) in the second, closed position in that the actuating device is a float body (7).