Patent ID: 6923484

Claim:
A flange connection between a face end of a longitudinal beam of a vehicle as a first component, and a carrier element mounted to said face end of a longitudinal beam, as a second component, whereby a flange plate having an outer side is operatively mounted to either the first or second component and a counter flange plate having an outer side operatively mounted to the other of the first or second component, and wherein the outer side of the flange plate and the outer side of the counter flange plate are held tight and in contact to each other, said flange connection comprising: a connection bolt having a wedge slope, and wherein a first end of the connection bolt protrudes from the outer side of the flange plate, wherein the wedge slope extends in a cross direction of said connection bolt from an upper edge at an upper side of the connection bolt in a direction toward the flange plate, and wherein the counter flange plate exhibits, a feed-through opening for receiving the connection bolt, and wherein a locking component is placed on an inner side of the counter flange plate, wherein in a connected position, said locking component having a wedge surface surrounds the connection bolt and said wedge surface is received by the wedge slope; and a clamping screw that can be tightened against the connection bolt.