Abstract: A fixing clamp for anchoring a component within a hole in a support plate includes an anchoring part having two side walls and a transverse wall, a generally planar locating strip projecting outwardly, an expanding tab projecting upwardly that defines a window in the side wall, and an inwardly bent edge strip on an end of the expanding tab. The fixing clamp also includes a movable threaded plate initially supported by the edge strip. The fixing clamp further includes a holding plate for the component and a fixing screw, and the fixing screw is threaded onto the threaded casing of the threaded plate, such that 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 tabs outwardly until the expanding tabs are clampingly engaged with the support plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing clamp for anchoring a component in a hole (10) of a support plate (12), more particularly for blind fixing a handle to the ceiling of a motor vehicle. The clamp consists of an anchoring part (1) that can be inserted into the hole (10), said anchoring part having locating strips (4) projecting outward at a right angle and a thread plate (5) configured as a separate part, said thread plate being mounted between the side walls (2)of the anchoring part (1) as in a cage, and displaceably guided therein. Exapanding tabs (6) that are licated opposite each other amd punched out from the side walls (2). Said tabs are connected by bending to the locating strips (4) in the transition area from the side walls (2) of the anchoring part (1) to the locating strips (4). The free ends of hte expanding tabs (6) have edge strips (7)screwing as support for the thread plate (5) in the cage area and which are bent and are oriented diagonally relative to the locating strips (4).