Patent ID: 7415974

Claim:
A fuel feed apparatus configured to be provided in a fuel tank, the fuel feed apparatus comprising: a lid member configured to plug an opening of the fuel tank; a protruding member configured to protrude from the lid member into the fuel tank; a sub-tank configured to be accommodated in the fuel tank and axially movable relative to the lid member; a pump module accommodated in the sub-tank, the pump module including a fuel pump for pumping fuel from the fuel tank, the pump module further including a fuel filter, which circumferentially surrounds at least partially the fuel pump for removing foreign matters contained in fuel discharged from the fuel pump; and a plurality of supporting members that connect the pump module with the sub-tank, wherein the plurality of supporting members inwardly extend in a substantially radial direction of the sub-tank, at least one of the plurality of supporting members defines a recess on a side of the lid member for receiving the protruding member, two of the plurality of supporting members are substantially opposite to each other with respect to a radial direction of the fuel pump and interpose the fuel pump therebetween, and the two supporting members include a long supporting member that has a radially outer end and a radially inner end and extends from the pump module to the sub-tank for a length that is greater than a length of an other of the two supporting members.