Patent ID: 7128514

Claim:
A retainer for securing a wire harness to a stud extending from a vehicle structure, the retainer comprising: means for attaching the retainer to the wire harness; a beam having a first, free end and a second end joined to the attaching means; an aperture in the beam through which the stud is inserted; a slot in the beam having an opening in the first end of the beam and an exit into the aperture; a flange element on the beam extending into the aperture opposite the slot exit for protruding between selected threads of the stud; and a sliding component separate from the beam having an insertion end for passing through the opening and slot and out the exit into the aperture, the sliding component insertion end including a semi-circular end face for contacting the stud and clamping the stud in the aperture, the end face being on a flange element of the sliding component for fitting between selected threads of the stud, whereby the stud is clamped between the flange element on the beam and the semi-circular end face on the flange element of the sliding component.