Patent ID: 7546833

Claim:
A fuel feed apparatus accommodated in a fuel tank, the fuel feed apparatus comprising: a sub-tank that is provided in a bottom of the fuel tank; and a fuel pump that is accommodated in the sub-tank, wherein the fuel pump includes an impeller that defines a plurality of pump chambers, the fuel pump has a first suction passage through which fuel flows from outside the sub-tank into at least one of the plurality of pump chambers, and the fuel feed apparatus further comprising: an elastic member that seals between the first suction passage and the sub-tank, wherein the fuel pump further has a second suction passage through which fuel flows from the sub-tank into at least one of the plurality of pump chambers, the fuel feed apparatus further comprising: a two-stage filter through which fuel flows to the first suction passage and the second suction passage, wherein the two-stage filter is inserted into the sub-tank, and the elastic member seals between the two-stage filter and the sub-tank.