Patent ID: 6042071
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
A fuel cylinder attaching structure in a motorcar having an expandable and contractible fuel cylinder tank for storing a compressed fuel gas mounted thereon, comprising:a pair of front and rear supporting frame members fixedly spaced on a car body for supporting said fuel tank at opposite sides of said fuel tank; anda fixing band wound around said fuel tank,said fixing band, when viewed horizontally from an end of said fuel tank, having a plurality of band sections, joined end-to-end around said fuel tank with oppositely facing stays fixed to end portions of outer surfaces of said band sections, and clamped with bolts extending through said facing stays and fastened with nuts, said band sections including a pair of front sections and a rear band section fixed to each of said front and rear supporting frame members and wound around said sides of said fuel tank.