Abstract: A joining element for manufacturing a connection between at least two components, which includes: a head at a first axial end, an end portion at a second axial end opposite the first axial end, and a shaft arranged between the end portion and the head, wherein the shaft defines a longitudinal axis of the joining element between the first and the second axial end. At least the shaft and the end portion of the joining element comprise a hardened edge layer so that a material of the shaft and the end portion has in the interior a lower hardness compared to an adjacent surface of the edge layer.

Abstract: A semi-tubular self-piercing rivet having a rivet head and a rivet shaft, the shaft bore of which satisfies the following relationship in relation to the length of the semi-tubular self-piercing rivet: 0.4 ? T B L N ? 0.6 , the total length of the self-piercing rivet LN being ?4 mm. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding self-piercing rivet joint, to a method for producing the self-piercing rivet, and to a method for producing the self-piercing rivet joint.

Abstract: A self-piercing riveting die for a setting device, by which a self-piercing riveting connection in a plurality of components is establishable by forming a closing head. This self-piercing riveting die may include a main body with an upper side and a recess arranged rotationally symmetrically to the central axis of the self-piercing riveting die formed therein. In the cross-section of the self-piercing riveting die, the recess has a demolding inclination of the demolding section, which radially transitions via a step into a circular arc-shaped lowering of the annular channel section, wherein the circular arc-shaped lowering radially inwardly rises straight-lined or circular arc-shaped or curvilinearally to the die bottom.

Abstract: A self-piercing riveting die for a setting device, by which a self-piercing riveting connection in a plurality of components is establishable by forming a closing head. This self-piercing riveting die may include a main body with an upper side and a recess arranged rotationally symmetrically to the central axis of the self-piercing riveting die formed therein. In the cross-section of the self-piercing riveting die, the recess has a demolding inclination of the demolding section, which radially transitions via a step into a circular arc-shaped lowering of the annular channel section, wherein the circular arc-shaped lowering radially inwardly rises straight-lined or circular arc-shaped or curvilinearally to the die bottom.

Abstract: A semi-tubular self-piercing rivet having a rivet head and a rivet shaft, the shaft bore of which satisfies the following relationship in relation to the length of the semi-tubular self-piercing rivet: 0.4 ? T B L N ? 0.6 , the total length of the self-piercing rivet LN being ?4 mm. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding self-piercing rivet joint, to a method for producing the self-piercing rivet, and to a method for producing the self-piercing rivet joint.