Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus having an intermediate member fixed to a terminal and fixed to an electrode at regions shifted from each other

An image heating apparatus, comprising:

• a heater that includes a substrate having a longitudinal direction which is a direction orthogonal to a direction in which a recording material is transported, a heat-generating element provided on the substrate, and an electrode provided on the substrate and configured to feed electric power to the heat-generating element;
• and
• a terminal that is electrically connected to the electrode,
• wherein,
• the image heating apparatus heats an image formed on the recording material by heat from the heater,
• a conductive intermediate member including at least one layer is provided between the terminal and the electrode,
• the electrode and the intermediate member are fixed with each other, the terminal and the intermediate member are fixed with each other,
• a first fixing region in which the electrode and the intermediate member are fixed and a second fixing region in which the terminal and the intermediate member are fixed are shifted from each other in the longitudinal direction,
• the terminal has a greater linear expansion coefficient than that of the substrate,
• the first fixing region is provided at at least two locations, and
• the second fixing region is provided between the two first fixing regions when viewed in a direction orthogonal to a flat surface of the intermediate member.