Fuel supplier
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiko Honda
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Abstract
A fuel supplier for an automobile equipped with a fuel tank and an engine has a reservoir, a fuel pump a suction filter and a fuel transfer device. The reservoir is disposed in the fuel tank and is formed in a sealed manner. The fuel pump is configured to supply fuel from the fuel tank to the engine. The suction filter is configured to filter fuel suctioned into the fuel pump. The fuel transfer device is configured to transfer fuel from the fuel tank into the reservoir such that fuel in the reservoir is pressurized due to transfer pressure of the fuel.
Claims9
A fuel supplier for an automobile having a fuel tank and an engine, comprising:
- a reservoir disposed in the fuel tank and formed in a sealed manner;
- a fuel pump configured to suction fuel from the reservoir and supply the fuel to the engine;
- a suction filter for filtering fuel suctioned into the fuel pump;
- a fuel transfer device configured to transfer fuel from the fuel tank to the reservoir such that fuel in the reservoir is pressurized relative to a pressure of the fuel tank, due to transfer pressure of the fuel;
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- a communication element for providing a connection between an inside of the reservoir and an outside of the reservoir;
- wherein the reservoir has a reservoir cup formed in a cup shape and having an upper open end and a closing member configured to close the upper open end of the reservoir cup;
- wherein the closing member defines a communication hole for receiving the communication element;
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- wherein the communication element is inserted within the communication hole such that the closing member and the communication element define therebetween a first flow path for and air flowing from the reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.