Patent ID: 7098564

Claim:
In a work piece having two caulking tabs and formed of a plastically deformable material, the improvement wherein the caulking tabs ( 3 ) are connected to each other by means of a bridge piece ( 14 ), having a smaller cross section than the caulking tabs ( 3 ), wherein the bridge piece ( 14 ) is dimensioned to be frangible, whereby the bridge piece ( 14 ) is broken as the caulking tabs ( 3 ) are bent and caulked to a component ( 9 ), further comprising a component ( 9 ) to be assembled to the work piece resting thereon, the component ( 9 ) having a groove ( 10 ) into which the caulking tabs ( 3 ) are bent, and that the groove ( 10 ) having a bevel ( 17 ) against which the caulking tabs ( 3 ) are slid.