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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Garret Huff, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Amanda Freis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/28 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/10 (2006.01); B21J 15/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/285 (2013.01); B21J 15/02 (2013.01); B21J 15/025 (2013.01); B21J 15/10 (2013.01); B21J 15/28 (2013.01); B62D 65/02 (2013.01); B21J 15/36 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4978 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49771 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49776 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49837 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49943 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49956 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5343 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5377 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of installing a self-piercing rivet (SPR) is provided that includes providing an SPR installation tool with stack-up parameters prior to, during, and/or after insertion of the SPR into at least two adjacent workpieces, adjusting at least one insertion parameter of the SPR installation tool based on the stack-up parameters, and adaptively installing the SPR into the adjacent workpieces.