Patent ID: 8302472

Claim:
A fuel delivery unit configured to be inserted into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, comprising: a swirl pot having at least one substantially vertical receptacle formed as far as a base of the swirl pot, the at least one receptacle having an opening arranged in a base region proximate to the base of the swirl pot through which opening fuel can enter into the at least one receptacle from the fuel tank; a flange configured to close an opening in the fuel tank; at least one support element having a hollow profile arranged between the flange and the swirl pot configured to preload the swirl pot against a base of the fuel tank, the at least one support element supported and slideably received in the at least one receptacle, such that the at least one receptacle completely surrounds a circumference of the at least one support element; and a filling level sensor arranged on the swirl pot, the filling level sensor comprises a transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving ultrasound waves, and the transmitting and receiving unit being arranged such that the ultrasound waves transmitted by the transmitting and receiving unit travel in the at least one receptacle and in the at least one support element.