Patent ID: 7117856
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: B60K,F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel delivery system for delivering fuel from a fuel tank to an engine, comprising: a reservoir disposed within the fuel tank; a fuel pump arranged and constructed to draw the fuel from within the reservoir, wherein the fuel pump has a longitudinal axis in a vertical direction and has a suction section disposed on the lower side of the fuel pump and a first port and a second port disposed on the upper side opposite to the suction section, the first port and the second port discharging the fuel from the fuel pump; a first jet pump arranged and constructed to draw the fuel from within the fuel tank into the reservoir; a first flow path communicating between the first port and the engine; a second flow path communicating between the second port and the first jet pump, so that the fuel within the fuel tank is transferred into the reservoir due to the flow of the fuel supplied to the first jet pump via the second flow path.