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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Siegfried Emmann, Weinstadt, DE;
Karl-Heinz Grimm, Reutlingen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In an arrangement for mounting a fuel tank to the undercarriage of a motor vehicle by way of a support bracket and a tension strap extending around the fuel tank, the support bracket includes means engaging one end of the tension strap while the other end of the tension strap forms a loop portion with a bore and a connecting member having one end with a threaded shaft extends through the bore and through a transverse connecting member for engagement with the loop and the other end of the shaft has a hook-like head hooked into an eyelet in the bracket. A nut is threaded onto the threaded end of the shaft for tightening the tension strap and holding the fuel tank in firm engagement with the bracket.