Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus

An image heating apparatus that heats an image formed on a recording material, comprising:

• a first rotating member;
• a second rotating member that comes into contact with the first rotating member and forms a nip with the first rotating member so as to nip the recording material therebetween;
• a heater that heats the nip;
• a conductive sheet member that is electrically connected with the heater by being disposed so as to overlap with a part of the heater;
• and
• a restricting member that restricts relative positions between the sheet member and the heater while maintaining the electrically connected state between the sheet member and the heater;
• wherein the restricting member is configured so as to restrict a relative movement between the sheet member and the heater in a first direction which is a direction where the sheet member overlaps with a part of the heater, and to allow the relative movement in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.