Patent ID: 8568073

Claim:
A fastening element for fastening a heat shield to a bolt shaped fastener of a vehicle body, comprising a claw disk having at least two claws and a spring washer, held by the at least two claws of the claw disk, wherein the claw disk comprises an opening and the spring washer can be interlocked with the bolt shaped fastener, wherein the claw disk comprises at least one clip element associated with the opening and oriented away from the spring washer, wherein the at least one clip element is configured for insertion through a perforation in a vehicle part, or in the heat shield; wherein the at least one clip element is configured as a completely closed collar having a cylindrical shape and having a diameter, said collar protruding perpendicular to the claw disk and comprising at least one bead formed by an expansion of the diameter of the collar at one location and forming an undercut adjacent to the at least one bead on a side facing towards the spring washer by the expansion of the collar for interlocking with the rim portion of the perforation of the vehicle part or of the heat shield, the undercut being provided completely circumferential at the collar, and wherein the at least one clip element is extended as a spacer part between the undercut and the free end and the undercut is configured to interlock with the vehicle part or the heat shield without additional instrumentalities when the at least one clip element is pushed into the perforation from one side.