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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Kazuya Ishiki, Wako, JP;
Yukihiro Matsumoto, Wako, JP;
Kazuya Ishiki, Wako, JP;
Yukihiro Matsumoto, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A falling-off preventing holder is provided to reliably connect a fuel pipe and a connector. First and second flanges project outwardly from an outer peripheral surface of the fuel pipe. The connector includes a larger diameter portion and a smaller diameter portion connected to the larger diameter portion via a step portion. A box-shaped falling-off preventing holder with an open surface is fitted to straddle the fuel pipe and the connector. First cutout of first end wall is fitted on the smaller diameter portion of the connector and abuts the step portion. Second end wall is fitted on the fuel pipe to abut the second flange. A pressure rib provided at the first end wall of the falling-off preventing holder is compressed by the step portion of the connector to be plastically deformed. A load in the connecting direction acting on the fuel pipe and the connector enables reliable connection.