Patent ID: 8375549

Claim:
A method for establishing a connection between two non-prepunched components including a nail-head-side component facing a nail head and a non-nail-head side component facing away from the nail head, in a joining area by a nail having a nail head with a circular groove provided on a bottom side of the head, a nail shaft, and a nail tip, comprising: driving the nail substantially free of rotation and axially into the non-prepunched components in the joining area at a high speed by a setting device, such that the nail tip fully penetrates the components and escapes over the non-nail-head side component; forming a toric-shaped material bulge in the nail-head-side component, which protrudes into the circular groove; and forming a crater-shaped material bulge in the non-nail-head side component, which protrudes in a direction facing away from the nail head.