Connecting means and method for connecting two components

A connecting device for connecting two components, wherein the connecting device comprises a main body, which comprises a receiving channel extending through the main body configured to accommodate a fixing element, wherein the receiving channel is accessible at an end by way of a fixing opening of the main body and by a further end by way of an insertion opening,

• wherein the main body comprises an actuating opening that is different from the insertion opening and different from the fixing opening, the actuating opening being transverse to and in communication with the receiving channel, wherein the fixing element may be inserted into the receiving channel via the insertion opening and actuated through the actuating opening,
• wherein the main body comprises a base section and multiple anchoring sections projecting away or protruding from the base section for anchoring the main body in one of the components, wherein the anchoring sections are configured as at least sectionally cylindrical thickenings, wherein the at least sectionally cylindrical thickenings directly adjoin each other,
• wherein the at least sectionally cylindrical thickenings are arranged one directly after the other in a connecting direction, and
• wherein the at least sectionally cylindrical thickenings are arranged along a direction parallel to a connecting direction of the connecting device, said connecting direction being arranged parallel to a connecting force acting on the two components to connect the two components and drawing them towards each other.