Anti-static fuel filter

Fuel filter for filtering fuel communicated to the engine of a motor vehicle and for inhibiting the generation of electrostatic charges in the fuel passing through the filter comprising an electrically non-conductive housing defining a chamber therewithin, an inlet fitting carried by said housing for communicating fuel into said chamber and an outlet fitting carried by said housing for communicating fuel out of said chamber, an upstream filter disc in said chamber cooperating with a downstream filter disc having a pore size smaller than said upstream filter disc, said upstream and downstream filter discs spaced from each other in said chamber to define a section of said chamber between said filter discs, each of said filter discs generating an upstream electrostatic charge in the fuel upstream of the filter discs and a downstream electrostatic charge in the fuel downstream of the filter discs as the fuel passes through the filter discs, the upstream electrostatic charge generated by each of said filter discs being of opposite polarity of the downstream electrostatic charges generated by each filter disc, whereby the upstream electrostatic charge generated by said downstream filter disc in said section cancel the electrostatic charges generated by said upstream filter disc in said section thereby neutralizing the electrostatic charges in said section and thereby preventing electrical discharge through said non-conductive housing and breakdown of the material of said housing.