US Patent 7877978 Power transmission chain made from metal

In order to construct a power transmission chain, a configuration of a metal sideplate is proposed in the case of which the sideplate has a first end region and a second end region, the first end region having at least two through-holes. The second end region of the sideplate made from metal has a number of elements which corresponds to the number of through-holes, which elements at least partially extend during the construction of a power transmission chain into the respective through-hole of another sideplate, the elements protruding from the plane of the sideplate owing to a forming method, in particular plunging.