Patent ID: 6692181
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: F16B,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting apparatus comprising:a first component; a second component; and a connecting element including a shaft with an insertion end and with a holding end opposite the insertion end; wherein the shaft, in a connection, passes through mutually aligned through-openings in the first and second components; wherein twisting the connecting element braces the first and second components with respect to one another; and wherein a first mounting depression, aligned with the through-openings, in the second component, associated with the holding end, includes a centering cone; wherein the holding end is conical, forming a mating surface which corresponds with the centering cone; and wherein the insertion end is inserted into a second mounting depression in the first component, which is associated with the insertion end, when the connecting element is twisted; and wherein, at the insertion end, the connecting element includes two fixing lugs which are bent in the form of a circular arc, the axis of which is substantially parallel to the main axis of the shaft, in an initial state and are bent out radially in a mounting state.