Patent ID: 7854345

Claim:
A fuel tank arrangement connected in combination with an inlet of a fuel pump so as to provide a supply of fuel to an engine, comprising: a fuel tank having an interior cavity defined by an uppermost wall, a lowermost wall, and a plurality of side walls extending therebetween, the interior cavity including an expansion space defined upwardly in the vertical direction above a maximum fill line; a fill neck extending from the uppermost wall to receive the supply of fuel, the fill neck including an uppermost end opposite a lowermost end that defines the maximum fill line; and a bridge that defines a passage therethrough that interconnects the fill neck and the expansion space of the fuel tank, the passage having a lowermost point, wherein: the maximum fill line is generally horizontal; and the maximum fill line intersects the lowermost point of the passage, the passage extending upwardly in the vertically direction therefrom.