Patent ID: 7204666

Claim:
A fixing clamp for anchoring a component within a hole in a support plate comprising: an anchoring part that is insertable into the support hole, wherein the anchoring part has two spaced apart side walls each having an upper end and a lower end, and a transverse wall extending between the upper end of each respective anchoring part side wall; a generally planar locating strip projecting outwardly at a right angle from the lower end of each respective anchoring part side wall; an expanding tab formed in each respective anchoring part side wall that projects upwardly from a transitional corner disposed between the locating strip and each respective anchoring part side wall, wherein the expanding tab defines a window in the respective anchoring part side wall; an edge strip located at a distal end of the expanding tab, wherein the edge strip is bent inwardly from each respective anchoring part side wall and located oblique to the locating strip; a movable threaded plate enclosed between each respective anchoring part side wall and the transverse wall, and initially supported by the edge strip portion of the expanding tab formed in each respective anchoring part side wall, wherein the threaded plate includes a threaded casing located in a middle portion of the threaded plate; a holding plate for the component having a centrally located hole; a fixing screw having a head portion and a threaded portion, and the head portion is adjacent the holding plate and the threaded portion is disposed within the holding plate hole and threaded onto the threaded casing of the threaded plate within the anchoring part, wherein tightening of the fixing screw displaces the threaded plate downwardly along a longitudinal axis of the threaded portion of the fixing screw, while deforming the expanding tab formed in each respective anchoring part side wall outwardly until the expanding tab is clampingly engaged with the support plate.