Patent ID: 7117578

Claim:
A process for producing a composite component from a metal component ( 4 , 24 , 35 , 40 ) and a plastic structure ( 1 , 25 , 31 , 37 ), which comprises providing a metal component ( 4 , 24 , 35 , 40 ) which has at least one surface with at least one protuberant stamped edge, and providing the plastic structure ( 1 , 25 , 31 , 37 ), placing the metal component and the plastic structure into joining tools ( 11 , 13 ) such that the protuberant stamped edge of the metal component faces a surface of the plastic structure, and bringing the joining tools together such that the protuberant stamped edge of the metal component penetrates into the plastic structure and is deformed therein in a positively and non-positively locking manner, and wherein the stamp edge forms a stamped collar of an aperture passing through the metal surface of the metal component.