Patent ID: 7909021

Claim:
A fuel damper fixing clip for fixing both a collar portion around the outer periphery of an open end of a cup portion and a collar portion around the outer periphery of an intermediate portion of a diaphragm type fuel damper in a state such that a head portion of the fuel damper is engaged in the cup portion, the cup portion being in communication with a fuel pipe for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine, and the collar portion of the cup portion being joined to the collar portion of the fuel damper, the fuel damper fixing clip comprising: a clip main body formed from a sheet member having a plurality of flat portions, and formed in a generally square cylindrical shape, the clip main body surrounds portions of the outer peripheries of the cup portion and the fuel damper and deforms in a tightening direction, the clip main body including two ends overlapped on an outside and an inside surface thereof; slits disposed in the plurality of flat portions of the clip main body, the collar portions of the cup portion and the fuel damper being disposed therein and locked in a diameter-reduced state of the clip main body in which the clip main body is tightened; a receiving hole formed in one of the ends of the clip main body; and a claw portion disposed on the other end of the clip main body obliquely projecting in a direction opposite to the tightening direction, the claw portion being disposed in the receiving hole in the diameter-reduced state in which the clip main body is tightened, and locking the clip main body in the diameter-reduced state in which the collar portions are fixed.