Riveted joint

A riveted joint, comprising:

• a rivet foot of a rivet element;
• and
• a component;
• wherein, during a setting process, the rivet foot is driven into the component with a setting force, such that the rivet foot is spread radially outward during the setting process;
• wherein the rivet foot has a reduced cross-section in an undeformed state and an expanded cross-section in a driven-in, spread state;
• wherein at least a portion of the rivet foot comprises a bistable spring portion having two equilibrium states, a first equilibrium state being the undeformed state and a second equilibrium state being the spread state;
• wherein, as a result of the action of the setting force, the rivet element transitions from the first equilibrium state to the second equilibrium state;
• wherein, when the rivet foot is spread in the component with the expanded cross-section, the rivet foot is in the second equilibrium state;
• and
• wherein, in the second equilibrium state, a build-up of a springback force, which biases the rivet element in the direction of the undeformed state, is not present within the rivet element.