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US 2004/0105723 A1Published application
Attaching device for fuel tank band
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorsShigeru Takahashi, Chiaki Kataoka, Toru Tanaka
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AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorsShigeru Takahashi, Chiaki Kataoka, Toru Tanaka
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An attaching structure attaches a part to a band, and includes a clip for attaching the part to the band. The clip includes a clip main member, which has a lower portion and an upper portion with a gap corresponding to a cross section of a portion of the band where the clip is attached for sandwiching the portion of the band where the clip is attached, and a part engaging portion formed below the clip main member for engaging the part.
An attaching device for attaching a part to an attaching portion of a band, comprising:
An attaching system for attaching a part to a fuel tank, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates, e.g. rubber strips, decorative strips for motor vehicles, by means of clips: auxiliary fasteners…
Arrangement of tanks: mounting of tanks
For fixing or mounting parts of the fuel tank together: by clip or snap fit fittings
Separate connections: pivoted parts
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The present invention relates to an attaching device for attaching a part to a fuel tank band, especially, to an attaching structure for attaching a part to a fuel tank band in a vehicle such as an automobile.
Conventionally, there has been known a structure of a fuel tank in a vehicle such as an automobile in which the fuel tank is disposed on two brackets projecting from side frames of the vehicle in a width direction (refer to Patent Reference No.1).
Patent Reference No. 1
FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 1-1 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 2 is a side view showing an attaching structure for attaching a part to a fuel tank band according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;
With reference to FIGS. 1-5, an attaching structure for attaching a part to a fuel tank band in the first embodiment of the present invention will be explained.
Incidentally, in the drawings, an arrow FR shows a forward-to-rear direction of a vehicle, and an arrow UP shows an upward direction of the vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, a clip attaching portion 10A is formed on a fuel tank band 10 for supporting the fuel tank, and a clip 14 for the fuel tank band is fixed to the clip attaching portion 10A. Also, the clip attaching portion 10A of the fuel tank band 10 (refer to FIG. 1) has a cross section different from that of other portion 10B (refer to FIG. 3) of the fuel tank band 10. That is, in the fuel tank band 10, a lower wall 10D of the other portion 10B projects downwardly toward the vehicle lower than a lower wall 10C of the clip attaching portion 10A. In a side view, in the fuel tank band 10, the lower wall 10C of the clip attaching portion 10A is located above the lower wall 10D of the other portion 10B on the vehicle. In the other portion 10B of the fuel tank band 10 near the clip attaching portion 10A, the projecting amounts of the lower wall 10C projecting downwardly toward the vehicle decrease gradually to form inclined portions 10E.