Patent ID: 8869775

Claim:
A fuel supply apparatus that is adapted to supply fuel, which is received in a fuel tank, to a fuel consuming apparatus located at an outside of the fuel tank, the fuel supply apparatus comprising: a cover member that covers a hole formed in the fuel tank, wherein the cover member is made of a resin material; an electric fuel pump that is placed in an inside of the fuel tank, wherein the electric fuel pump draws the fuel received in the fuel tank and discharges the drawn fuel upon pressurizing the drawn fuel when an electric power is supplied to the electric fuel pump; a controller that is installed to the cover member and controls the electric power, which is supplied to the electric fuel pump; and a heat releasing member that is adapted to release heat generated from the controller and is made of a metal material, which has a heat conductivity that is higher than a heat conductivity of the resin material of the cover member, wherein the heat releasing member includes: a receiving portion that holds the controller, which is installed to the receiving portion through an opening of the receiving portion and contacts an inner wall surface of the receiving portion; and an embeddable portion, which is formed at least along a peripheral edge of the opening of the receiving portion and is embedded in the cover member, wherein: the opening of the receiving portion opens on a side where the inside of the fuel tank is located; the opening of the receiving portion is closed with the cover member; an outer wall surface of the heat releasing member is located on a side of the receiving portion, which is opposite from the opening of the receiving portion; and the outer wall surface of the heat releasing member projects outwardly in a direction away from the inside of the fuel tank from an outer surface of the cover member, which faces the outside of the fuel tank.