Patent ID: 6832627
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for delivering fuel from a storage tank to an internal combustion engine, comprisinga collecting receptacle (14) disposed inside the storage tank (10), a delivery unit (20) for aspirating fuel from the collecting receptacle and delivering it to the engine (12), a jet pump (22) in the storage tank which delivers fuel from the storage tank (10) into the collecting receptacle (14), the jet pump (22) being disposed close to a bottom (16) of the collecting receptacle (14) and including an ascending line (32) that extends up into the vicinity of the upper rim of the collecting receptacle (14) for feeding fuel into the collecting receptacle, a separate component (30) disposed on the outside of a peripheral wall (18) of the collecting receptacle (14), and an open channel (24; 34) defined by the outside of the peripheral wall (18) and/or the side of the component (30) oriented toward the peripheral wall (18) the component (30) being tightly connected to the peripheral wall (18) to cover the open channel (24; 34) and to form the ascending line (32).