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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Applicant:
Stephen Joseph Ainsworth, Warwickshire, GB;
Inventor:
Stephen Joseph Ainsworth, Warwickshire, GB;
Assignee:
ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for securing a first target element to a second target element. The method includes the steps of locating a support member arranged to simultaneously support a drilling head device and a riveting head device at a predetermined location proximate to the first and second target elements, via the drilling head drilling at least one hole through the first and second target elements at a desired location and without relocating the support member via the riveting head device, inserting a rivet in said hole and securing the inserted rivet.