Fastening element for attaching a part to a supporting element

A combination of a fastening element and a supporting element, the fastening element for attaching a part such as a cooking hob to the supporting element, such as a frame supporting or surrounding the cooking hob, comprising:

• a spring configured to be secured to the supporting element by engaging a locking element which is disposed on the spring into a first recess in the supporting element
• wherein:
• the spring has at its one end which is free in the mounted state a gripping portion for holding the part and the spring is embodied as an element which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the spring has at the other end which is remote from the free end a width which is reduced in relation to a width of a region which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the width-reduced end penetrates in the mounted state of the spring a second slit-shaped recess in the supporting element;
• a width of the second slit-shaped recess is smaller than the non-reduced width of the region of the spring that is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the locking element is formed by a portion which is punched out of the material of the spring and bent out of the plane of the metal sheet;
• and
• the locking element has a widening in its end region which is remote from the basic element of the spring.

A combination of a fastening element and a supporting element, the fastening element for attaching a part such as a cooking hob to the supporting element, such as a frame supporting or surrounding the cooking hob, comprising:

• a spring configured to be secured to the supporting element by engaging a locking element which is disposed on the spring into a first recess in the supporting element
• wherein:
• the spring has at its one end which is free in the mounted state a gripping portion for holding the part and the spring is embodied as an element which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the spring has at the other end which is remote from the free end a width which is reduced in relation to a width of a region which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the width-reduced end penetrates in the mounted state of the spring a second slit-shaped recess in the supporting element;
• a width of the second slit-shaped recess is smaller than the non-reduced width of the region of the spring that is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• and
• the first and the second slit-shaped recess in the supporting element merge and form a single material cutout in the supporting element.

A combination of a fastening element and a supporting element, the fastening element for attaching a part such as a cooking hob to the supporting element, such as a frame supporting or surrounding the cooking hob, comprising:

• a spring configured to be secured to the supporting element by engaging a locking element which is disposed on the spring into a first recess in the supporting element
• wherein:
• the spring has at its one end which is free in the mounted state a gripping portion for holding the part and the spring is embodied as an element which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the spring has at the other end which is remote from the free end a width which is reduced in relation to a width of a region which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• the width-reduced end penetrates in the mounted state of the spring a second slit-shaped recess in the supporting element;
• a width of the second slit-shaped recess is smaller than the non-reduced width of the region of the spring that is bent in a leaf-shaped manner;
• and
• the reduced width of the end which is remote from the free end of the spring is between 75% and 90% of the width of the region of the spring that is bent in a leaf-shaped manner.