Patent ID: 7066153

Claim:
A fuel delivery system for a vehicle equipped with an engine comprising: a saddle fuel tank having an active side and a passive side; a reservoir installed into the active side of the fuel tank, the reservoir having a check-valve in its bottom and a spillway on its top; a fuel pump mounted in the reservoir, the fuel pump having an inlet and an outlet: a fuel diverter In the form of a T-valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the fuel pump, a first outlet, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the engine; a jet pump mounted to the reservoir, wherein the jet pump having a first inlet duct having an orifice, the first inlet duct being in fluid communication with the first outlet of the fuel diverter; the jet pump having a second inlet duct in fluid communication with the passive side of the saddle fuel tank; and the jet pump having an outlet duct provided with an outlet end, the outlet being in fluid communication with the inside of the reservoir; and a fuel delivery hose having an Inlet located within the passive side of the saddle fuel tank and an outlet connected to the second inlet duct of the jet pump; the jet pump having a sleeve formed with a closed end at the bottom and partially enclosing the outlet duct, the sleeve including a lateral opening therein at a predetermined height above the outlet end of the outlet duct.