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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dieter Mauer, Lollar, DE;
Hermann Roeser, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Reinhold Opper, Alten-Buseck, DE;
Andreas Wojcik, Braunfels, DE;
Christian Schoenig, Kinsau, DE;
Assignee:
Emhart Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/100 ;
Abstract
A riveting system is operable to join two or more workpieces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present invention employs an electronic control unit and one or more sensors to determine a riveting characteristic and/or an actuator characteristic.