Patent ID: 8381371
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: E05B,E05D,E05Y,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip fastening for fastening fitting parts and/or for fastening thin-walled structural component parts provided with an opening to a thin wall provided with an opening or openings, comprising: a head part with a flange which overlaps the outer rim or edge of the opening of the thin wall after assembly; a body part which proceeds from the head part and is configured to extend through the opening of the thin wall after assembly; and a substantially U-shaped spring being held at the end of the body part and supported by leg ends on the inner edge of the opening of the thin wall; wherein said U-shaped spring is a flat structural component part with a web, and U-legs that extend from the web and are cut off or shaped at respective free ends substantially at right angles to the running direction of the respective U-legs in such a way that the free ends are configured to be supported on the rim or edge of the opening of the thin wall after assembly at a slight inclination to the plane of the thin wall, the web and the U-legs each having a rectangular cross section the longer sides thereof being parallel to the plane of the structural component, whereby the free ends of the U-legs have a cross-section the longer side thereof being much longer than the extension perpendicular thereto; wherein said web and U-legs form a U-shaped cavity configured to be received by projections or recesses arranged in the body part; wherein the body part has a rectangular cross section configured to hold a spring bundle of two or more U-shaped springs in a side-by-side fashion; and wherein the U-shaped spring further comprises two shoulders which support the spring within the body part, each shoulder extending toward the other shoulder from approximately a middle part of each respective U-leg.