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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Reinhold Opper, Alten-Buseck, DE;

Dieter Mauer, Lollar, DE;

Assignee:

Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/900 ;
Abstract

A through-hole self-piercing rivet is assembled with two metal plates and to retain the plates together as a workpiece When the rivet is to be removed, a pin, such as a contact pin is attached to the rivet by fusion, or a pin, such as a threaded mandrel is attached threadedly to the rivet. The contact pin or the threaded mandrel is withdrawn from the workpiece to thereby withdraw the attached rivet from the workpiece. Devices and provide facility for effecting the attachment of the contact pin and the threaded mandrel respectively, with the rivet and for the extraction of the rivet from the workpiece


Find Patent Forward Citations

Opper, Reinhold. (2003). Methods of removing self-piercing rivets set into a workpiece and devices for implementing the methods (U.S. Patent No. 6568062). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6568062

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