Patent ID: 7806213

Claim:
A piping structure for transporting a fuel, arranged between an engine and a fuel tank, comprising: a resin tube formed in a straight tubular shape, for transporting a fuel, the resin tube being flexed and bent at one or more points along a longitudinal direction of the resin tube to define one or more bent portions and thereby being provided with a predetermined bent shape, a fixing clamp for fixing the resin tube in a motor vehicle body so as to retain the one or more bent portions and thereby assembling the resin tube in the motor vehicle body, and a connector attached to an end portion of the resin tube for connecting the resin tube with a mating pipe, wherein the resin tube is adapted to be assembled in the motor vehicle body while the tube is connected with the mating pipe via the connector, wherein the fixing clamp retains the one or more bent portions of the resin tube by fixing a region on each side of the one or more bent portions of the resin tube in the motor vehicle body, wherein the fixing clamp has a resilient holding portion of generally annular shape, and an opening through which the resin tube is adapted to be fitted in the holding portion in a direction perpendicular to an axis while resiliently widening the opening, the fixing clamp is constructed such that the opening is closed when the fixing clamp is fixed in the motor vehicle body while holding the resin tube in the holding portion.