Patent ID: 11873850
Assignee: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A rivet element for setting a thread into at least one component, the rivet element comprising:
a head portion configured so as to be brought to rest in a form-fitting manner on the component when used; and
a sleeve portion which is insertable in use into an opening extending through the component and 1 s plastically deformable, wherein
the sleeve portion has an internal thread into which a traction mandrel and/or a screw element is screwable,
the sleeve portion has a protruding rib structure on an outer circumference,
the rib structure has at least a first support rib and at least a second support rib which extend coaxially in a longitudinal direction of the sleeve portion and which are separated from one another by a recess in the sleeve portion, such that, after plastic deformation of the sleeve portion when used, the first and second support ribs contact one another in order to permit a direct force flow between the head portion and the sleeve portion.