Patent ID: 8753054

Claim:
A hollow element ( 100 ) for attachment to a component ( 130 ) comprising a composite material being one of a fiber reinforced plastic part and a fabric reinforced plastic part, wherein the element has a flange part ( 102 ) and a projection extending away from the flange part, the projection being one of a shaft part ( 104 ), a rivet section ( 106 ) and a shaft part having a rivet section at an end of the shaft part remote from the flange part, wherein the hollow element furthermore has a central passage ( 108 ), wherein the hollow element ( 100 ) is used in combination with an auxiliary tip ( 126 ) which is either inserted from the flange side of the element through the passage ( 108 ) or from the side of the free end of the shaft part ( 104 ) of the rivet section ( 106 ) into the passage such that a conically converging region ( 128 ) of the auxiliary tip ( 126 ) projects from the free end of the shaft part or of the rivet section respectively, wherein the hollow element ( 100 ) is provided with an internal thread ( 112 ) and wherein the auxiliary tip ( 126 ) has an external thread ( 162 ) which is screwed into the internal thread ( 112 ).