Patent ID: 6951208

Claim:
A fuel delivery system for delivery fuel to a vehicle engine, the system comprising: a reservoir constructed and arranged to be mounted within a fuel tank of a vehicle and to contain fuel, the reservoir having an inlet permitting fuel from the fuel tank to enter the reservoir, a fuel pump disposed within the reservoir constructed and arranged to send fuel from the reservoir to the vehicle engine, a jet pump operated by the fuel pump and including a venturi tube adjacent to a nozzle, the venturi tube being completely separate from the reservoir, the jet pump being constructed and arranged to draw fuel from the fuel tank into the reservoir, a cup fluidly coupled with an end of the venturi tube, the cup being completely separate from the reservoir and constructed and arranged to contain an amount of fuel, the cup having an annular surface defining upwardly facing opening, and a jet valve associated with the jet pump, the jet valve permitting fuel drawn by the jet pump to enter the reservoir from the fuel tank and preventing fuel that enters the reservoir from returning to the fuel tank, whereby, during a re-priming sequence of the engine, wherein an amount of fuel is left in the reservoir and fuel is added to the fuel tank in an amount enough to enter the inlet of the reservoir, and when the fuel pump is activated but there is not enough fuel in the reservoir to prime the engine, the cup is constructed and arranged to trap fuel inside the jet pump so that fuel accumulates in the venturi tube and in the cup to a level above the nozzle thereby permitting the jet pump to draw fuel from the fuel tank into the reservoir.