Patent ID: 7249594

Claim:
A fuel feed apparatus that feeds fuel in a fuel tank to an outside of the fuel tank, the fuel feed apparatus comprising: a flange that covers an opening of the fuel tank; a fuel pump that pumps fuel; a strut that supports the flange; and a sub-tank that is capable of accommodating the fuel pump, the sub-tank having a lid that is movably connected with the strut such that the sub-tank and the lid are capable of reciprocating relative to the flange in a substantially axial direction of the strut, wherein the strut is positioned radially outward with respect to the sub-tank, and the lid has a holding portion that holds the strut movably in a substantially axial direction of the strut, and wherein the holding portion is capable of being inserted into a groove formed in an outer periphery of the sub-tank in the substantially axial direction of the strut.