Patent ID: 8579569

Claim:
A retaining cam with a rotatable fastener to connect components, with the retaining cam comprising a housing which is supported in a pivotal fashion on a base plate, via which the retaining cam can be connected in a fixed manner to one of the components, and a screw is inserted in the housing in a rotationally fixed fashion, onto which the rotatable fastener which comprises a fastening bolt, rotationally connected to the other of the components, can be screwed, with the screw being allocated to at least one spring element for creating an elastic pre-tension for locking the fastening bolt, and the housing ( 22 ) is pivotally supported via a spherical washer ( 50 ) on the base plate ( 24 ), the fastening bolt having an internal bore with a thread in which the screw is engagable, and two washers and a clip for retaining the fastening bolt in the other component, the fastening pin and the housing ( 22 ) are connectable in a position in which axes thereof are positioned at an angle offset from perpendicular to surfaces of the components being joined and are pivotable by a total of 10° in reference to a central plane extending through a center of the base plate ( 24 ) and the support openings ( 34 ), and are pivotable by a total of 10° around an axis extending perpendicular in reference to the central plane.