Patent ID: 8511035

Claim:
An anchor for mounting in planar building panels ( 100 ) which are manufactured with a support core having a first cover plate ( 101 ) and a second cover plate ( 111 ) and at least one intermediate support core layer ( 121 ), the anchor including an expansion body ( 10 ) and a wedge body ( 60 ), the wedge body ( 60 ) being at least partially inserted into the expansion body ( 10 ) and including an opening for screwing in or pounding in a mounting means, wherein the installed anchor is disposed in an opening ( 130 ) of the building panel ( 100 ) which opening extends through the first cover plate ( 101 ) and the intermediate support core layer ( 121 ), and partially into the second cover plate ( 111 ) to form in the second cover plate a dead end bore ( 115 ), the expansion body ( 10 ) includes at least two spreadable locking elements ( 31 ), an inner locking zone ( 40 ) and, at the bottom end of the expansion body ( 10 ), a support zone ( 50 ), the wedge body ( 60 ) has a cylindrical zone ( 70 ), a wedging zone ( 80 ), an outer locking zone ( 90 ) and a threaded bore ( 61 ), and, with the anchor disposed in place in the building panel ( 160 ), the cylinder zone ( 70 ) abuts in a bore section ( 105 ) of the opening ( 130 ) the first cover plate ( 101 ), the wedging zone ( 80 ) spreads apart the locking elements ( 31 ) of the expansion body ( 10 ) behind the first cover plate ( 101 ) whereby the locking elements ( 31 ) abut the first cover plate ( 101 ) so that the locking zones ( 40 , 90 ) are locked together, and the support zone ( 50 ) of the expansion body ( 10 ) extends into the dead end bore and abuts in the dead end bore of the second cover plate ( 111 ) of the wall of the dead end bore ( 115 ) at least radially.