Embossing stamp, pressing tool and method for marking a motor vehicle component

An embossing stamp for embossing an identifying mark on a motor vehicle component, comprising:

• an embossing wheel assembly configured to be set individually for the motor vehicle component to be embossed depending on the identifying mark to be stamped, wherein
• the embossing wheel assembly includes a negative representation of the identifying mark to be stamped,
• a transmission device configured to provide an identification signal characterizing the stamped identifying mark to a computing device external to the embossing stamp;
• and
• a receiver device configured to receive a setting signal provided by the computing device, wherein
• the setting signal characterizes an identifying mark to be set in the embossing wheel assembly for the embossing wheel assembly.

A method for identifying a motor vehicle component, comprising:

• forming and/or processing a motor vehicle component in a pressing tool;
• embossing the motor vehicle component with an identifying mark using an embossing stamp during the forming and/or processing in the pressing tool;
• providing, using the embossing stamp, the embossed identifying mark to a computing device external to the embossing stamp;
• storing the embossed identifying mark in a memory of the computing device in a manner associated with the embossed motor vehicle component;
• determining a blank identifier lasered into the motor vehicle component to be formed;
• and
• storing the blank identifier in a memory of the computing device in a manner associated with the motor vehicle component and the identifying mark.