Patent ID: 7513243

Claim:
A fuel supply apparatus for a motor cycle, comprising: a fuel pump protruding into a fuel tank, the fuel pump being attached to a lid member closing an opening portion at a bottom portion of the fuel tank, wherein the fuel pump has a longitudinal axial line extending in a vertical manner; a fuel filter connected to a pump suction path of the fuel pump and arranged to be inserted into the fuel tank via said opening portion, wherein the fuel filter extends along the longitudinal axial line of the fuel pump and faces an outer periphery of the fuel pump; a pump discharge path of the fuel pump in communication with an outer side of the fuel tank via a fuel discharge pipe; a guide tube portion extending upwardly in a rising manner from an upper surface of the lid member, wherein the lid member is in contact with the bottom portion of the fuel tank; a fuel piping having a first end connected to the pump discharge path and a second end connected to the fuel discharge pipe, wherein the fuel piping extends along the longitudinal axial line of the fuel pump and along an outer periphery of the fuel pump; a closed-end cup-shaped filter storage case surrounding an outer periphery of the fuel piping, the fuel pump, and the fuel filter, wherein the filter storage case extends along the longitudinal axial line of the fuel pump and is arranged to be fitted connectedly to an outer periphery of the guide tube portion; and a fuel supply hole extending through and formed by a side wall of the filter storage case for supplying the fuel within the fuel tank to an inner side of the filter storage case, wherein the fuel pump, the pump suction path, the pump discharge path, the fuel filter, and the fuel piping are arranged on an inner side of the guide tube portion.