Patent ID: 7926693

Claim:
A receiving element, comprising: a bolt having an exterior surface that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said bolt and that can be introduced into a bore in at least one component, said bolt consisting of wear-resistant sintered material and including an axial recess at a forward terminal end of said bolt, said recess comprising a midpoint positioned along said longitudinal axis and defining a recess bottom, said recess being positioned in a connecting area of said bolt that is provided at a forward end of said bolt, the connecting area extending along a portion of an entire length of said bolt that is less than the entire length of said bolt; and a tip comprised of metal that is arranged within said connecting area of said bolt, said tip including a cylindrical end section which engages in said recess and a forward section which comprise a one-piece construction, said tip defining a longitudinal axis being collinear with said longitudinal axis of said bolt and a longitudinal axis of said recess, and further including a transition area between said forward section of said tip and said cylindrical end section of said tip that defines a first transition area diameter and a transition area transition point, said transition area comprising a tapered surface area and a contact surface in contact with a terminal end surface of said forward terminal end of said bolt and said tapered surface tapering from a plane containing said contact surface of said tip to said forward section of said tip, said tapered surface defining said first transition area diameter so that said receiving element includes a stepped exterior contour extending linearly in cross section from said plane to said transition area transition point, said forward section of said tip having a maximum external diameter that is less than the external diameter of said bolt and greater than the external diameter of said cylindrical end section of said tip by a prescribed amount, said taper of said transition area providing a transition area surface area that, as a result of said taper, increases in dimension from said transition area transition point to said contact surface of said tip that contacts said terminal end surface of said forward terminal end of said bolt so that said tip is engaged against said terminal end surface of said forward terminal end of said bolt and an outer periphery of said transition area aligns with an outer periphery of said terminal end surface of said forward terminal end of said bolt and said tip extends substantially continuously with said exterior surface of said bolt, said taper defining the exterior contour of said receiving element between said plane containing said contact surface of said tip that contacts said terminal end surface of said forward terminal end of said bolt and said forward section of said tip, and said forward section of said tip extending from said transition area so as to project therefrom and axially out of said bolt.