Hilti Aktiengesellschaft

Marcus Fohrer

Armin Herb

Ulrich Birnbaum

Fritz Hermann

Gordillo Antonio Lopez

A connection element for a bolt including a member for receiving the bolt ( ) and including a bore ( ) having a tapering region ( ) adjoining a bore cylindrical receiving region ( ) and tapering in a direction opposite a bolt insertion in direction (A); and a locking member supported in the bore ( ) for forcelockingly engaging the bolt ( ) and formed as a radially expandable annular member having an inner diameter (w), which is, at least partially, smaller than an outer diameter (d ) of the bolt ( ), and an axial length corresponding to an axial length of the cylindrical receiving region ( ).

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Hergensweiler, Germany

Marcus Fohrer