Patent ID: 8322001

Claim:
A fastener for joining a first workpiece to a second workpiece, the first workpiece bearing a projecting stud with a head distal from the first workpiece, and the stud defines an axial direction, the fastener comprising: a receptacle part connectable to the second workpiece and including a pocket with a lateral opening and a guide slot, and a connecting part including: a flange that can be introduced into the pocket through the lateral opening; and a fastening section including a hollow body with a first end of the hollow body attached to the flange, and a second end opposite to the first end defines, an insertion opening to accommodate the stud and includes an elastic retainer located on an inside of the hollow body and projecting radially inward in the opening by which the stud can be held in place in the opening, and wherein an outer wall of the hollow body includes circumferentially alternating cylindrical wall sections and fluted wall sections, and the fluted wall sections project radially into the hollow body and second end faces of the fluted wall sections are beveled in the vicinity of the insertion opening such that they form stud guide surfaces that are inclined in an insertion direction of the stud from radially outward to radially inward.