Patent attributes
An arrangement is provided for fastening a structural element, which has a retaining device that interacts with a T-stud, wherein the T-stud has a stud shaft and a stud head with an underhead having a contact surface for contacting at least one counter-surface formed on the retaining device. The stud shaft can be welded to a component. The at least one counter-surface of the retaining device is designed on a contact shoulder for the underhead of the stud head which encompasses the stud at least in part. A plurality of recesses are designed in the contact shoulder of the retaining apparatus, interrupting the counter-surface, wherein the contact surface of the underhead contacts the contact shoulder of the retaining apparatus in the plane of the countersurface.