Patent ID: 7296947

Claim:
An arrangement, comprising: a first component, having a longitudinal center axis, a wall and having an end, said first component being in profiled section form at least at said end, a second component, a connecting element for connecting said end of said first component to said second component at a distance from one another, said connecting element having an axially movable spacer for bridging said distance between said end of said first component and said second component, further having at least one clamping piece, which can be brought into contact in a clamping manner with said wall of said first component, and furthermore having an actuating mechanism which is operatively connected to said spacer piece and said clamping piece in such a manner that when said actuating mechanism is actuated, said spacer piece moves in direction of said longitudinal center axis until it comes into contact with said second component and said clamping piece is brought into a clamping engagement with said wall of said first component, wherein at said end of said first component there is a first step which is directed toward said longitudinal center axis of said first component and in front of which said at least one clamping piece comes into engagement with said wall of said first component, and a further step which is directed towards said longitudinal center axis of said first component and which is at an axial distance from said first step and on an opposite side of said at least one clamping piece from said first step.