Patent ID: 8556532

Claim:
A joining component for axial joining to a workpiece, the joining component comprising a base body composed of a thermoplastic material and including a holding section and a flange section, and the flange section includes an underside opposite to the holding section, and the joining component further includes an inductively heatable metal section joined to and exposed on the underside of the flange, and the metal section defines a radially inward axial aperture and includes an exposed metal surface facing away from the holding section, and the flange further includes a rim radially outward of and radially surrounding the metal section and extending axially to the metal surface, and an axially lower face of the rim and the exposed metal surface of the metal section comprise a joining surface, and the flange section within the axial aperture of the metal section is axially recessed by an offset depth with respect to the joining surface.