Patent ID: 8672595

Claim:
Expansion anchor composed of an expansion sleeve that has a longitudinal axis, that is divided into expansion tongues via longitudinal slits that are disposed in the front region of the expansion sleeve, in the setting direction, and that has an inside thread in the rear region, in the setting direction, and of an expansion body, which is disposed within the expansion sleeve in the front region of the expansion sleeve, in the setting direction, wherein the transition between the region of the expansion sleeve that is not divided into expansion tongues and the expansion tongues comprises a slanted plane, wherein each expansion tongue has a respective free end and has a respective plurality of cutting edges arranged one behind the other in the setting direction on an outside of the respective free end, and wherein the expansion tongues in a region adjoining a respective first cutting edge of the plurality of cutting edges extend at an inward angle from both the slanted plane and the longitudinal axis.