Patent ID: 11919252
Assignee: PREH HOLDING, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. An assembly of a first component and a second component fixed to the first component comprising;
a first component formed of a thermoplastic material having formed integral therewith a rivet formed of the thermoplastic material; and
a second component having a rivet hole, wherein the rivet hole forms a rivet hole inlet in a first surface of the second component and a rivet hole outlet in a second surface of the second component, and wherein the second component forms in the second surface a structured rivet head accommodating portion having an inlet and an outlet and being disposed in a region of the rivet hole outlet, wherein at least one of: the structured rivet head accommodating portion and at least the second surface is metal-coated so that a substance-to-substance connection between the first component and the second component is not obtainable; wherein the rivet is inserted into the rivet hole and disposed so as to reach through the rivet hole and forms at its free end a rivet head that is at least partially accommodated in the structured rivet head accommodating portion;
wherein the rivet has a base portion tapering conically in the direction of its rivet head;
wherein the rivet head is positively accommodated in the structured rivet head accommodating portion; and
wherein the structured rivet head accommodating portion is formed so as to be conically tapering in the direction of the rivet hole inlet so that the structured rivet head accommodating portion inlet is narrower than the structured rivet head accommodating portion outlet.