Fixing member for fixing an object to be attached to a plate and clamp with fixing member

A clamp for affixing an electrical component to a plate, the clamp comprising a main body and an integral fixing member;

• the main body defining a central axis;
• the fixing member comprising a support protruding from a base of the main body with a disc portion being supported at a remote end of the support;
• a first and second elastically deformable portions extending from the base of the main body, the second elastically deformable portion having a projection at a remote free end thereof, and the first elastically deformable portion extends in a first direction and the second elastically deformable portion extends in a second opposite direction;
• wherein at least a portion of the support is coincident with the central axis of the main body and the disc portion defines a plate axis which is offset from the central axis of the main body such that the disc portion is located closer to the first elastically deformable portion than to the second elastically deformable portion;
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• a surface of the disc portion, facing the base of the main body, has a locking projection and the locking projection, once the disc portion passes through a circular attachment hole provided in the plate and the clamp is moved transversely relative to the plate, continues to space the surface of the disc portion facing the base from an undersurface of the plate until the locking projection engages with a corresponding engagement hole provided in the plate whereafter the surface of the disc portion facing the base and the undersurface of the plate are then allowed to matingly engage with one another;
• when the clamp is attached to the plate, the first and second elastically deformable portions are elastically deformed and the base of the main body is spaced from the plate a first distance, and, in order to detach the clamp from the plate, the first and second elastically deformable portions are elastically deformed further such that the base of the main body is moved closer to the plate, to disengage the locking projection from the corresponding engagement hole provided in the plate and allow transverse movement of the clamp, relative to the plate, and facilitate removal of the clamp from the plate.