Patent ID: 7648107

Claim:
A brace or pipe clamp, comprising a deformable, essentially cylindrical housing, which has at least one longitudinal slot, wherein: regions of the housing that are situated opposite one another at the longitudinal slot are formed as bent over lugs, the lugs are formed for accommodating hollow bolts, and wherein the brace or pipe clamp can be braced by means of at least one clamping bolt, which penetrates the hollow bolts transversely and is arranged approximately tangentially to said housing, and at least one corresponding nut in one of said hollow bolts, said at least one nut configured for connection to said at least one clamping bolt, said at least one clamping bolt being connected directly or indirectly with a handle for manually pretensioning the brace or pipe clamp, for operating said at least one clamping bolt, and for carrying the brace or pipe clamp, and, said handle is mounted such that it is operable to pivot freely and such that it is free of tensioning force when the brace or pipe clamp is braced, said nut being arranged in one of said hollow bolts and spatially fixed, said hollow bolt in which said nut is arranged having a generally C-shaped cross section, said nut being fixed against rotation by means of at least one embossed part running approximately transversely with respect to a direction of an axis of said nut through a case of said generally C-shaped hollow bolt, between limbs of said generally C-shaped hollow bolt.