Patent ID: 7018153

Claim:
Plastic nut to be fitted to a component ( 1 ) having an aperture ( 2 ), which includes a nut piece ( 11 ) adapted for insertion into the aperture ( 2 ) and which has an insertion hole ( 22 ) that serves to hold a screw ( 28 ), a flange ( 3 ) to bear on one side ( 4 ) of the component ( 1 ), wherein the flange ( 3 ) has a through hole ( 10 ) for the screw ( 28 ), an outer edge, a surface facing the component, and a surface facing away from the component, a separate sealing washer ( 6 ) integrally provided on a side of the flange ( 3 ) facing the component ( 1 ), and snap-action hooks ( 12 , 13 ) to bear on an opposite side ( 14 ) of the component ( 1 ) and which, after insertion, spread out as the screw ( 28 ) is tightened in the insertion hole ( 22 ) in the plastic nut to secure the plastic nut to the component ( 1 ), characterized in that the sealing washer ( 6 ) includes a shoulder and a collar and encloses the flange ( 3 ) with the shoulder ( 7 ) of the sealing washer embracing the outer edge of the flange ( 3 ) and the collar ( 9 ) of the sealing washer projecting into the through hole ( 10 ), wherein the shoulder ( 7 ) of the sealing washer is beveled on an inner side in such a way that its thickness decreases in the direction away from the nut piece ( 11 ).