SELF-PIERCING RIVET AND SELF-PIERCING RIVETING METHOD AND SELF-PIERCING RIVETED JOINT

摘要

Self-piercing rivet (10) for connecting high-strength steels, with a head (12) which has a head diameter (DH), and with a shank (14) which has a shank diameter (DS), wherein, at the foot end (18) opposite the head (12), the shank (14) has an axial recess (22) which has an axial depth (LB), and wherein, at the foot end (18), the shank has a flat surface section (20). The ratio of axial depth (LB) of the recess (22) to shank diameter (DS) is in this case smaller than 0.3.