Patent ID: 7160047

Claim:
A functional element arrangement having a functional element for attachment to a first component, the first component consisting of one of a sandwich construction and a composite construction each having first and second outer skins selected from the group comprising metal skins and plastic skins and a core disposed between said first and second skins, said core consisting of a material containing at least one of hollow cavities and pores, plastics, wood, metal foam, metal filled with hollow bodies, and a honeycomb structure, the functional element arrangement further comprising an auxiliary joining part formed as a plate-like part and having a flange that comes into contact with one of said first and second skins of said first component and a central portion in form of a dish like portion fitted in one of a ring recess and a stepped bore of said first component, said functional element being locked to said central portion by technical reshaping of at least one of said functional element and said auxiliary joining part during attachment of said functional element to said first component by means of a riveted connection to the auxiliary joining part, and at least one means providing security against rotation between said functional element and said first component.