Patent ID: 6886542

Claim:
A fuel feed apparatus for pumping fuel received in a fuel tank, which has an opening, the fuel feed apparatus comprising: a lid that covers the opening of the fuel tank; a sub-tank that is received in the fuel tank and is connected to the lid; a fuel pump that is received in the sub-tank and pumps fuel received in the fuel tank; and a first auxiliary device that is provided to the lid and projects from the lid toward a bottom base wall of the sub-tank; wherein: the first auxiliary device is movable with respect to a space defined in the sub-tank in an axial direction which is generally perpendicular to a plane of the lid; the first auxiliary device is oriented to the space, which is defined in the sub-tank, in the axial direction; the fuel pump is eccentrically arranged in the sub-tank; and the space is defined in the opposite side of the fuel pump with respect to a central axis of the sub-tank.