Patent ID: 8328456

Claim:
In combination, a fastening system, a rail element, and a sensor element, comprising at least one fastening element including means for receiving the sensor element in a releasable fashion, the fastening element has two latching elements with latching grooves adapted to engage in the rail element, the two latching elements are compressible towards one another enabling the fastening element to latch tightly in the rail element at any desired location, the means for receiving the sensor element comprises a holding pouch and bearing opening on a side of the at least one fastening element for holding the sensor element, and further including at least one locking element for varying a cross section of the bearing opening, wherein the locking element engages with an upper part and a lower part of the fastening element, and a clamping gap is formed between the upper part and lower part, the locking element at least partially penetrating the lower part and cooperating with the rail element to fix the fastening element relative thereto.