Buckle Cap for a Seat Belt Buckle and Method of Mounting Same

A method for mounting a seat belt buckle cap according comprising the following steps:

• providing first and second interconnected half-shells (10, 20),
• providing at least one connecting unit having one hole in each of the first and the second half-shell (10, 20),
• providing a connecting in (30, 30′) which is at least ribbed in certain sections thereof, one section of the connecting in (30, 30′) being situated in the hole of the first first half-shell (10) and a second section of the connecting in (30, 30′) being situated in the hole of the second half-shell (20),
• providing the hole in the first half-shell (10) as a through-hole (12, 12′), that the connecting in (30, 30′) extends completely through and that the connecting in (30, 30′) has a head (34, 34′) which is thickened with respect to the sections situated in the holes, the head adjoining the section of the connecting in (30, 30′) which extends through the first half-shell through-hole (12, 12′) and being situated outside the first half-shell through-hole (12, 12′),
• arranging both the first and the second half-shells (10, 20) on top of one another such that they take up their final position relative to one another, and
• inserting the at least one connecting pin (30, 30′) into the through-hole (12, 12′) of the first half-shell (10) in a first direction, and
• pressing the connecting pin (30, 30′) into the hole of the second half-shell (20) by further moving the connecting pin (30, 30′) in the first direction.