Mounting structure for fuel storage device of vehicle

A vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle body comprising rear side members on opposite sides of the vehicle body, each of the rear side members having a rear end portion configured as a deformation-inducing portion;
• a fuel storage device;
• mounting brackets each coupled to a respective one of the rear side members and fixing the fuel storage device to a portion of the rear side members in front of the deformation-inducing portion;
• a suspension spring supported at a spring seat portion of one of the rear side members;
• a wheel house;
• and
• a quarter member vertically installed on the wheel house,
• wherein at least one of the mounting brackets is installed at a same phase where the spring seat portion meets the quarter member.

A method for mounting a fuel storage device to a vehicle, the method comprising:

• providing a rear side member on each side of the vehicle, each of the rear side members having a rear end portion that is a deformation-inducing portion;
• and
• fixing the fuel storage device to portions of the rear side members in front of the deformation-inducing portions using mounting brackets,
• wherein:
• the mounting brackets comprise a front mounting bracket and a rear mounting bracket, and
• fixing the fuel storage device further comprises installing the front mounting bracket and the rear mounting bracket spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction of the vehicle with the front mounting bracket being installed at a same phase where a spring seat portion on which a suspension spring of a vehicle body is supported meets a quarter member that is vertically installed on a wheel house.