Patent ID: 7815390

Claim:
A rivet or screw connection of a first component to a second component, the connection comprising: the first component comprising a planar member having a first side and an opposing second side, and a pot-shaped recess extending through the planar member; the pot-shaped recess comprising: a base substantially parallel to the first side and axially offset from the second side in a direction opposite the first side, a first through-opening being concentrically arranged on and axially extending through the base, and a conical annular wall extending between the first side and the base, tapering toward the base, and having a wall thickness defined by an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, the inner and outer surfaces having a plurality of corresponding dents and indentations circumferentially spaced around the base and defining a radius which is varied over the periphery of the wall, the varied radius stiffening the wall such that oscillations between the first and second components are reduced; the second component comprising a planar member having a first side and an opposing second side, a second through-opening extending between the first and second sides of the second component and axially aligned with the first through-opening, and a rivet or screw comprising a shank extending through the first and second through-openings, and the rivet or screw on each respective side of the through-openings comprising one of a rivet head, a screw head and a nut with a diameter larger than a diameter of the through-openings and clamped against a respective one of the base of the recess and the second side of the second component such that the rivet or screw retains the connection between the first and second components; wherein the inner wall surface adjoining the base has a radius which is larger than the radius of the respective rivet head, screw head or nut arranged on the base, such that the rivet head, the screw head, or the nut is distanced from, and not in contact with the wall of the recess.