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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald W Tyree, Sun Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
85 37 ;
Abstract
An assemblage of a rivet for securing at least a pair of sheets or other members, wherein the rivet is formed with a cavity in its upset end of predetermined dimensions with respect to the sheets and the remainder of the rivet. The cavity preferably terminates in the thickness of the bottom sheet, thus facilitating rivet upset while providing maximum strength.