Rivet connection and method for producing a rivet connection

A plastic rivet connection comprising:

• a first component having a first surface;
• a second component having a second and a third surface and connected to the first component with a hollow rivet, such that the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component bear on one another;
• a tubular component of the first component having a lateral wall a first end and a second end, wherein the second end defines a cavity;
• a first opening, defined by the second component, located between the second and the third surface, wherein part of the tubular component is disposed in the first opening of the second component such that the second end of the tubular component protrudes beyond the second component;
• wherein the lateral wall of the tubular component, along the circumference thereof adjacent the first opening above the third surface of the second component, is heated and compressed wherein the lateral wall at the second end of the tubular component is not plasticized and retains an original shape thereof;
• an outwardly bulging region on the lateral wall of the tubular portion, wherein part of the outwardly bulging region contacts the third surface of the second component, wherein the outwardly bulging region is spaced apart from the second end;
• and
• wherein a bottom of the tubular component defining the cavity is a travel limit during the formation of the outwardly bulging region.