Patent ID: 8591158

Claim:
A spacer element having first and second ends, said ends being for attachment to a hollow metal part for the formation of a component assembly, wherein the spacer element is not deformable or at least substantially not deformable on attachment to wall material of a hollow metal part having first and second opposite sides or to wall material of at least one sheet metal part provided for assembly to a further sheet metal part to form a hollow metal part having first and second opposite sides and wherein the spacer element, having a central recess within an annular contact surface at least one of said first and second ends, and also at least one undercut at a sidewall of the central recess is provided at said first and second ends with respective undercuts for the form-fitted reception of said wall material, whereby the spacer element is secured at said first and second opposite ends to said first and second opposite sides of said hollow metal part.