Patent ID: 6846415

Claim:
A fuel supply system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising a fuel tank ( 12 ), a cup-shaped storage container ( 14 ) disposed in the fuel tank ( 12 ) a feed unit ( 16 ) disposed in the storage container ( 14 ) and operable to pump fuel out of the storage container ( 14 ) to an internal combustion engine ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle, a filter ( 24 ) disposed in the storage container ( 14 ) and surrounding the feed unit ( 16 ) over at least part of its circumference, the fuel pumped by the feed unit ( 16 ) to the engine ( 10 ) flowing through the filter ( 24 ) the filter ( 24 ) being disposed in the storage container ( 14 ) adjacent to the feed unit ( 16 ) and being embodied with a crescent-shape curved cross section surrounding the feed unit ( 16 ) over part of its circumference.