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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Paul M. Zardus, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Pei-Chung Wang, Troy, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for loosely attaching blind rivets to components of an assembly. The method includes attaching a rivet to an assembly while positioning the head at a predetermined clearance away from the adjacent one of the assembly components. One or both of the aligned openings in the components may be enlarged to leave radial clearance between the assembled rivet body and the enlarged openings. The apparatus includes a nose insert for use with or attachment to a rivet gun or attaching apparatus. The insert forms a stop engageable by a preformed rivet head to maintain a predetermined clearance between the rivet head and adjacent component when the rivet is attached to components forming an assembly.