Patent ID: 8567035

Claim:
A method of loosely prefixing at least two components to be firmly connected with one another, the method comprising the acts of: manufacturing a first component; connecting with the first component in a material-locking manner, during or only after the manufacturing of the first component, at least one first form-locking element having a substantially spherical shape, the first form-locking element being a separate part that differs from the first component and is material-lockingly connected so as to project from the first component; providing a second component having at least one second form-locking element operatively configured to interact with the first form-locking element of the first component; and loosely prefixing the first and second components by placing the first and second components together such that the first form-locking element and second form-locking element interlock with one another to hold the first and second components relative to one another at least in one direction.