Patent ID: 6907865
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: F02B,F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel tank assembly for a combustion engine comprising: a fuel tank having an internal surface, an external surface, a bottom wall defined between the internal and external surfaces, a fuel chamber defined by the internal surface, and a bottom access hole extending through the bottom wall to communicate with the fuel chamber; a fuel pump subassembly substantially inserted into the fuel chamber through the bottom access hole, the fuel pump subassembly having a bottom flange engaged sealably to the bottom wall and covering the access hole, the fuel pump subassembly having a fuel pump carried by the bottom flange and disposed in the fuel chamber; a fuel pressure regulator projecting upward from the flange and into the fuel chamber for receiving fuel from the fuel pump; and a fuel outlet nozzle extending downward through the flange for flowing fuel from the pressure regulator and out of the fuel chamber.