Patent ID: 7101131

Claim:
An attachment system for securing a rod member in a mounting opening of a constructional component ( 44 ; 74 ; 97 ), comprising a receiving sleeve ( 5 ; 37 ; 64 ; 73 ; 93 ) for receiving the rod member ( 23 ; 40 ) and having engagement means ( 24 . 1 ; 24 . 2 ; 49 . 1 ; 49 . 2 ; 69 . 1 ; 69 . 20 ; 98 . 1 ; 98 . 2 ) for engaging the rod member ( 23 ; 40 ); an actuation member ( 4 ; 35 ; 62 ; 72 ; 81 ; 92 ) connected with the receiving sleeve ( 5 ; 37 ; 64 ; 73 ; 93 ) and rotatable from a first position thereof to a second position thereof for substantially radially displacing the engagement means ( 24 . 1 ; 24 . 2 ; 49 . 1 ; 49 . 1 ; 69 . 1 ; 69 . 2 ; 98 . 1 ; 98 . 2 ) from a first position in which the rod member is received in the receiving sleeve ( 5 ; 37 ; 64 ; 73 ; 93 ), to a second position in which the rod member is locked in the receiving sleeve; a rear engagement member ( 2 ; 42 ) displaceable through the mounting opening of the constructional component ( 21 ; 44 ; 74 ; 97 ) for engaging the constructional component ( 44 ; 74 ; 97 ) from behind, the receiving sleeve having at an end thereof facing in a setting direction of the attachment system, at least one holding element ( 6 ; 75 . 1 ; 75 . 2 ) for engaging from behind the rear engagement member ( 2 ); and a stop ( 3 ; 32 ; 63 ; 76 ; 82 ) for engaging an end surface of the constructional component, wherein the stop ( 3 ) has a thread ( 15 ), and the actuation member ( 4 ) has a thread ( 14 ) cooperating with the stop thread ( 15 ) for axially displacing the actuation member ( 4 ).