Patent ID: 8561596

Claim:
A fuel system for a vehicle, comprising: a fuel tank having a bottom surface; a fuel pump module located within the fuel tank; a fuel retention component located in the fuel tank, and including a lower surface resting on the bottom surface of the fuel tank, the lower surface supporting the fuel pump module; a first wall extending upward vertically from the lower surface and having a length that extends along at least one-half of a perimeter of the lower surface; a second wall extending upward vertically from the lower surface and having a second length that extends along at least one-half of the perimeter of the lower surface and spaced laterally from the first wall along the entire length of the second wall; a first channel located between portions of the lengths of the first and second walls, with the first wall being spaced farther from the fuel pump module than the second wall along an entire length of the first channel, the first channel having a first end opening to the lower surface and a second end opening to the bottom surface of the fuel tank, the first channel providing a fluid passage through which fuel can flow between the fuel tank and the lower surface; and a second channel, spaced from the first channel, located between portions of the lengths of the first and second walls, with the second wall being spaced further from the fuel pump module than the first wall along an entire length of the second channel, the second channel having a first end opening to the lower surface and a second end opening to the bottom surface of the fuel tank.