Patent ID: 6986629

Claim:
An element for attachment to a component consisting of sheet metal, said element having a rectangular or square shape in plan view, with a lower component engaging face and an upper face remote from said lower face, first and second opposed longitudinal sides and third and forth opposed transverse sides extending between said first and second opposed longitudinal sides, first and second bars provided at said lower component engaging face and disposed at and aligned parallel to said first and second longitudinal sides, a centrally arranged aperture extending perpendicular to said lower component engaging face, a cylindrical component piercing projection present at said lower component engaging face and disposed concentric to said aperture, and a recessed region present between said first and second bars and said cylindrical component piercing projection, said first and second bars each having an inclined flank extending between said third and forth sides forming an undercut at a side facing said cylindrical component piercing projection.