Patent ID: 7967532

Claim:
A ground anchor or rock anchor having an anchor tension member having one or more individual elements and an anchor head, the anchor head comprising: a support element to bear directly or indirectly against an underlying rock or substratum; an anchoring component for tensioning the individual elements, the anchoring component being configured to be brought into a frictional connection with the individual elements while bearing against the support element; a cap that extends substantially around the anchoring component and ends of the individual elements at an exposed end of the anchor head; and a connecting element arranged between the support element and the anchoring component, the connecting element having a first closure component at a circumferential side and said cap having a second closure component on a circumferential side, the first and second closure components functioning together to produce a frictional connection between the cap and connecting element, and wherein the first closure component is arranged on an outer circumference of the connecting element and the second closure component is arranged on an inner circumference of the cap, or wherein the first closure component is arranged on an inner circumference of a circumferential shoulder of the connecting element and the second closure component is provided on an outer circumference of the cap.