Patent ID: 6981490

Claim:
A fuel feed apparatus received in a first-tank section included in a fuel tank having a plurality of tank sections, the fuel feed apparatus supplying fuel received in the fuel tank to outside of the fuel tank and comprising: a sub-tank received in the first-tank section; a fuel pump received in the sub-tank for drawing fuel received in the sub-tank and pressurizing the fuel; a first jet pump arranged in the first-tank section for generating suction power by jetting fuel for supplying fuel received in the first-tank section into the sub-tank; and a second jet pump for generating suction power by jetting fuel for supplying fuel received in a second-tank section included in the fuel tank into the first-tank section, wherein: the fuel pump includes a rotating member that rotates for drawing and pressurizing fuel; the rotating member has a pressurizing passage formed along with an outer periphery of the rotating member; fuel intermediately pressurized in the fuel pump is supplied to each of the first jet pump and the second jet pump; the intermediately pressurized fuel is supplied from a vent hole, which is located in a midstream of the pressurizing passage to the fuel pump, to the first jet pump and to the second jet pump through respective paths from the vent hole thereto, including a passage which is common to the first jet pump and second jet pump.