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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Thierry Coudrais, Bonneuil sur Marne, FR;
Reimar Saltenberger, Schöffengrund-Niederwetz, DE;
Emhart LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A holding element , for fastening a component to a carrier having an opening , includes an insertion piece made of a soft elastic plastics material, and a thrust part made of a rigid plastics material. The insertion piece is formed with a bevelled or cone shaped thrust face , which is held in interfacing engagement with a complimentarily bevelled or conically shaped thrust face of the thrust part by elastically deformable ribs and . When a screw is inserted through a longitudinal bore of the insertion piece and into an axially aligned bore of the thrust part , and is tightened, the insertion piece is compressed to expand radially to anchor the holding element within the opening of the carrier