Patent ID: 8066465

Claim:
Fastening device for fastening a component B to a component A with automatic compensation of tolerances in the spacing between the two components, comprising: a base unit which consists of a blind rivet nut which may be secured to the component A, a threaded adjusting nut and a sleeve-shaped retainer which receives the threaded adjusting nut and connects said threaded adjusting nut to the blind rivet nut, an adjusting unit which consists of a threaded sleeve, a locating plate and a driving bush which connects the threaded sleeve and the locating plate, the threaded sleeve of the adjusting unit being able to be screwed into the threaded adjusting nut of the base unit via a first thread pairing of a first thread direction, and a fastening screw which may be screwed into the blind rivet nut secured to the component A via a second thread pairing of an opposing second thread direction, and forms with the driving bush a releasable coupled connection in order to rotate the adjusting unit during rotation of the fastening screw and thereby to move the locating plate into contact with the component B for the purpose of tolerance compensation.