Patent ID: 7686534

Claim:
A device for fastening cable or tube to a base portion of a motor vehicle, the device comprising: a carrier part having an open end, a closed end capable of holding the cable or tube, and a web extending from the open end; a first connecting unit comprising a hollow sleeve that extends from the web; a second connecting unit comprising a guide part that extends from the web and a holding part releasably engageable with the guide part for connecting the carrier part to the motor vehicle base portion; wherein the guide part includes an outer sleeve that defines a guide cavity for receiving the holding part, the guide cavity having a cross section that is longer in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction, the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction being orthogonal to one another, the guide cavity including two longitudinal flat sections, at least one of the longitudinal flat sections including at least one engagement element; wherein the holding part includes an inner sleeve having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve including two outer longitudinal flat sections that correspond with the longitudinal flat sections of the guide cavity, at least one of the outer longitudinal flat sections including at least one engagement element, the inner sleeve being inserted into the outer sleeve along an axial direction orthogonal to said longitudinal and transverse directions, for connecting the carrier part to the base portion, the inner sleeve being inserted into the outer sleeve such that the at least one engagement element on the inner sleeve engages the at least one engagement element on the outer sleeve to fasten the cable or tube to the carrier part and prevent movement of the inner sleeve relative the outer sleeve in the axial and transverse directions; and wherein the inner sleeve is spaced from the outer sleeve in the longitudinal direction such that the inner sleeve is displaceable relative to the outer sleeve in the longitudinal direction when the inner sleeve is engaged with the outer sleeve.