Mounted fixing apparatus for fixing an image formed on a recording medium

A fixing apparatus comprising:

• a tubular film;
• a heater provided at an inside of the film, the heater including an electrode;
• a holder provided at the inside of the film, the holder being configured to hold the heater;
• and
• a power feeding connector configured to feed power to the heater;
• wherein an unfixed image formed on a recording medium is fixed on the recording medium by the heat of the heater via the film,
• wherein the power feeding connector comprises a contact-side connector and a backup-side connector, the contact-side connector including a spring contact in contact with the electrode of the heater, the backup-side connector being disposed on a side of a surface of the holder that holds the heater opposite to a side of a surface on which the contact-side connector is disposed,
• wherein the contact-side connector and the backup-side connector are joined together to form the power feeding connector,
• wherein the contact-side connector is a conductive component and the backup-side connector is a component made of material different from the contact-side connector,
• wherein the contact-side connector and the backup-side connector are joined together at a position opposite to a position at which the power feeding connector and a power feed cable are connected in a lateral direction of the heater, and
• wherein the backup-side connector includes an elastically deformed portion between the position of joining and the power feed cable in the lateral direction.