Belt buclke with belt buckle housing

A belt buckle housing (10) for a belt buckle (20) with a first shell part (30) and a second shell part (40) locked onto the first shell part (30), characterized in that

• a rod-shaped latch element (70) is mounted on the first shell part (30), which latch element (70) is pushed along the longitudinal direction of the latch element (70) into a latch receiver (80) of the second shell part (40) and is held there by means of at least one pair of latching fins,
• wherein the two latching fins (90, 91, 92, 93) of the pair of latching fins on opposite sides of the latch element (70) each bear at an angle on a latch edge (71, 72, 73, 74), formed on the surface of the latch element (70), and prevent a withdrawal of the latch element (70) from the latch receiver (80) counter to the insertion direction (S).

A method for connecting a first shell part (30) and a second shell part (40) of a belt buckle housing (10) of a belt buckle (20) for a plug-in tongue of a vehicle safety belt, characterized in that

• a rod-shaped latch element (70) mounted on the first shell part (30) is pushed along the longitudinal direction of the latch element (70) into a latch receiver (80) of the second shell part (40) and is locked there by means of at least one pair of latching fins,
• wherein the two latching fins (90, 91, 92, 93) of the pair of latching fins on opposite sides of the latch element (70) each lock on a latch edge (71, 72, 73, 74), formed on the surface of the latch element (70), and prevent a withdrawal of the latch element (70) from the latch receiver (80) counter to the insertion direction (S).