Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – With fuel pump
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-16
2009-06-16
Cronin, Stephen K (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
With fuel pump
Reexamination Certificate
active
07546833
ABSTRACT:
A fuel feed apparatus is accommodated in a fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a sub-tank that is provided in a bottom of the fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus further includes a fuel pump that is accommodated in the sub-tank. The fuel pump includes an impeller that defines a plurality of pump chambers. The fuel pump has a first suction passage through which fuel flows from outside the sub-tank into at least one of the plurality of pump chambers. The fuel feed apparatus further includes an elastic member that seals between the first suction passage and the sub-tank.
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Hazama Tadashi
Igarashi Ryuji
Iwanari Eiji
Tomomatsu Kenichi
Yamada Katsuhisa
Castro Arnold
Cronin Stephen K
DENSO CORPORATION
Nixon & Vanderhye PC
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