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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeru Sasaki, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A tank fixing apparatus includes: first and second bands adjacent to each other, each including a fixed portion fixed to a support member supporting a tank, a pressing portion extending from the fixed portion and pressing an outer periphery of the tank toward the support member, and a distal end portion extending from the pressing portion and not fixed to the support member; first and second fixing portions fixing the fixed portions of the first and second bands to the support member, respectively; and first and second urging portions urging the first and second bands to give pressing forces for the tank to the pressing portions of the first and second bands, respectively. A direction of the first band extending from the fixed portion to the distal end portion is opposite to a direction of the second band extending from the fixed portion to the distal end portion.