Patent ID: 8287219
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fastening arrangement for forming an electrical connection between a connecting part and a metal sheet using a welding stud, comprising: a welding nut connected to a metal sheet, the welding nut having an unthreaded smooth bore blind hole; a fastening part having a threaded section, the threaded section dimensioned to be received in the blind hole for creating a tapped thread in the blind bore, a polymeric cover part having an external diameter corresponding to an internal diameter of the blind bore, the cover part adapted to be slidable away from an initial first position and retained in a second position in the blind hole, the cover part in the first position is sealing but not extending beyond an entrance opening defined by the internal diameter of the blind hole; an electrical connecting part adapted to be positioned in contact with the welding nut proximate to the cover part and between the welding nut and the fastening part; and the cover part is adapted to slide to the second position when the threaded section is received in the blind hole such that the cover part is retained in the blind hole by the fastening part.