Itw-ateco Gmbh

Jens Sturies

Karsten Rehberg

Heiko Weiner

A cable retainer made of plastics and being useable for vehicles having a vehicle body is disclosed. The cable retainer has a hollow shank adopted to be inserted into a hole of the vehicle body. The shank has at least one outer engagement portion which is radially deformable and grips behind an edge of the hole if the shank is inserted into the hole. The shank is adapted to be pushed onto a stud of the vehicle body in cases where the stud has a plurality of grooves or a thread. The shank further has an inner engagement portion which is radially deformable to engage the groove or thread of the stud. A retaining portion is connected to one end of the shank and extends in a direction tranverse to the shank axis. A strip encircling a cable and the retaining portion is provided to complete the cable retainer.

Cable retainer of plastics for vehicles

A plug for the aattachment of a threaded fastener in a throughbore in sheet material, particularly metal sheet, comprising a plug body adapted to be plugged into the throughbore and having a bore oriented in plugging direction, wherein the body has a sealing collar forming a stop during plugging action, the collar extending radially outwardly and having an annular sealing surface facing in plugging direction.

Screw grommet

Plug means for closing holes in the body of vehicles, whereby it comprises valve means having a valve member which normally is biased towards a sealing edge and which opens if a predetermined pressure drop between the interior of the body and the exterior thereof occurs.

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Wettstetten, Germany

Jens Sturies