Patent ID: 8142123

Claim:
A nut element for fixing in an interior space of a profile, the nut element for connecting a first workpiece having the interior space to another workpiece by means of a screw or other threaded member, the shank of which passes through an opening of the workpiece and can be inserted into a recess of the nut element, which is adapted to be located in the interior space of the workpiece and is made of a metallic material, characterized in that the nut-like element is designed as a body which is extended in a rectangular manner and through which a tapped hole passes approximately centrally in the longitudinal axis (Q), said tapped hole opening at a surface of the element into an annular shaped rim which projects above said surface and to which at least one integrally formed portion rising from the surface is assigned at a radial distance (f), said integrally formed portion forming together with the shaped rim an engagement gap, two shaped channels parallel to the longitudinal axis (Q) are integrally formed in its surface, and in each case an integrally formed portion is provided with sloping surfaces at the respective transition of said shaped channels to the curved groove ( 48 ), both engagement gaps being arranged in alignment at the longitudinal axis, the sloping surfaces of both integrally formed portions are inclined toward the shaped rim and downward relative to one another, wherein a notch, as opposite surface, is located at the shaped rim opposite the sloping surface of the integrally formed portion.