Patent ID: 7717466

Claim:
A mounting structure for a fuel pump of a vehicle engine, the mounting structure comprising: a fuel pump assembly including a cylindrical pump body and a filter coupled with a suction end of the pump body; a fuel tank arranged to straddle a body frame of a vehicle; a housing enclosing the cylindrical pump body, a flange section of the housing arranged to abut an outside area surrounding an opening in the fuel tank; and a mounting plate arranged to cover the flange section on an outside of the fuel tank, the fuel pump assembly arranged to be fixed to the opening through the mounting plate and the flange section; and a fuel pipe including a first end with which the cylindrical pump body is coupled, a trunk portion of the fuel pipe bending toward the filter, and a second end with which the filter is coupled, wherein a fuel flow direction in the cylindrical pump body and a fuel flow direction in the filter are opposite to each other; wherein an axis of the cylindrical pump body extends generally parallel to a mounting surface of the mounting plate; the cylindrical pump body and the filter are arranged to overlap each other; the opening is arranged in a side wall surface of the fuel tank, the mounting plate is attached to the opening of the side wall surface of the fuel tank, wherein the opening has an elliptical shape, and a longitudinal axis of the opening extends generally horizontally and generally parallel to the axis of the cylindrical pump body.