Patent ID: 8430198

Claim:
A muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, comprising: a muffler; at least one muffler mounting portion fixed to a body frame of the vehicle, the muffler mounting portion having a mounting hole, and the muffler mounting portion being horizontal or slightly tilted so that an outside of the muffler mounting portion in a vehicle width direction is lower relative to an inside of the muffler mounting portion, the mounting hole having an axis passing through the muffler mounting portion in an up and down direction; at least one mounted bracket provided on an upper part of the muffler and disposed from above onto an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion, the mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole, and the mounted bracket having an upper wall horizontal or slightly tilted so that an outside of the mounted bracket in the vehicle width direction is lower relative to an inside of the mounted bracket, the fixing member insertion hole having an axis passing through the upper wall in the up and down direction; and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole of the mounted bracket from an upper side toward a lower side of the mounted bracket, the fixing member being fixed to the mounting hole so as to fix the mounted bracket to the muffler mounting portion.