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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Atlas Copco Ias Uk Limited, Flintshire, GB;
Inventor:
Elliot Jones, Flintshire, GB;
Assignee:
Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited, Flintshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/02 (2006.01); F16B 19/08 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/025 (2013.01); F16B 19/086 (2013.01); F16B 19/08 (2013.01); F16B 19/1027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of riveting comprising providing a rivet having a head and a shank depending downwardly therefrom, the shank terminating in a tip and being hollow so as to define a rivet interior, receiving an insert at least partially within the rivet interior, placing the rivet and insert on the opposite side of a workpiece from a die, driving the rivet and the insert towards the die and into the workpiece under the action of a force using a punch along a central axis, and reacting the force using the die so as to cause the rivet to flare outwardly and interlock the workpiece.