US Patent 7240767 Fixing structure of tail pipe of exhaust pipe

A clamping member (2) for clamping a periphery of a rear-end open portion of an exhaust pipe (3) is accommodated in a front-end open portion (11) of a tail pipe (1). The clamping member (2) has a pair of plate parts (21, 22) disposed at right and left positions of the front-end open portion (11) and a bolt (4) for connecting the plate parts (21, 22) to each other by reducing an interval between the opposed plate parts enough to sandwich a periphery of the rear-end open portion (31) between the plate parts. A concave surface (21a, 22a) whose configuration conforms to that of a periphery of the rear-end open portion (31) inserted between the plate parts (21, 22) is formed on each of the plate parts (21, 22).