Patent ID: 6604511
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A fuel supply apparatus comprising:a pump case housed in a fuel tank; a fuel pump housed in the pump case, for drawing in and discharging fuel; a supporting member attached to an upper wall of the fuel tank; and a column support for providing a connection between the supporting member and the pump case, wherein the supporting member comprises: a plate-shaped flange body defining an inner sleeve; a bottom portion formed in the inner sleeve, the inner sleeve having on its pump-case side an opening and having an inner bottom surface which is located farther from the pump case than a portion of the supporting body, one end of the column support being inserted in the inner sleeve beyond the supporting body to the inner bottom surface; and an outer sleeve with a bottom formed in it, the outer sleeve having a bottom portion which is formed continuously with the bottom portion of the inner sleeve and having a tubular portion which is formed continuously with the supporting member, the bottom portion of the outer sleeve being located in a plane farther from the pump case than the bottom portion of the inner sleeve.