Patent ID: 7159573

Claim:
A fuel feed apparatus disposed in a fuel tank comprising: a sub tank included in the fuel tank; a fuel pump, included in the sub tank, for sucking fuel in the sub tank so as to discharge the fuel sucked from the sub tank; a jet pump having a jet nozzle for generating suction pressure by jetting fuel, the jet pump being for sucking fuel in the fuel tank by the suction pressure generated by the jet nozzle so as to supply the fuel sucked in the fuel tank to the sub tank, the jet nozzle being conductive; and a grounding terminal in the sub tank, the jet nozzle being grounded via the grounding terminal, a case that surrounds the fuel pump, wherein the case and the fuel pump are substantially horizontally disposed in the sub tank, the grounding terminal is provided on a lateral side of the case, and the grounding terminal is located on a side of a bottom surface of the sub tank with respect to a central axis of the case.