Fuel feed unit
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorKarl Eck
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Abstract
In a fuel feed unit (3) for a motor vehicle, a suction jet pump (6) provided for filling a baffle (2) of a fuel tank (1) is manufactured in one piece with a holding part (4) for a fuel pump (5). The holding part (4) is of pot-shaped design for receiving the fuel pump (5) and carries a fuel filter (7) on a vertical wall (8). Fuel thereby passes to the suction jet pump (6) immediately after the fuel pump (5) has been started up.
Claims10
A fuel feed unit for a motor vehicle, with at least one fuel pump fastened to a holding part and intended for sucking in fuel from a baffle arranged in the bottom region of a fuel tank, and with a suction jet pump provided for feeding fuel out of the fuel tank into the baffle and connected to the fuel pump via a supply line, wherein the holding part and the suction jet pump form a pre-mountable structural unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.