Blind rivet nut for the connection of two components

US10876564B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Thomas SCHNAUFER · Oberhausen, DE
• Andreas Beil · Munich, DE
• Simon SPITZER · Munich, DE
• Christian BERTHOLD · Baierbach, DE
• Robert Weinmann · Laguna Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16B5/0621
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A blind rivet nut for connecting two components by means of a screw connection includes a rivet shank. The rivet shank has an internal thread, at the axial first end of which a deformation portion configured to produce the riveted joint is arranged. At the axial second end of the rivet shank there is arranged a rivet head with a contact face that allows an adjacent component face to lie against. The supporting surface has a radial extent which is greater than or equal to 1.5 times and less than or equal to 2 times the radial extent of the rivet shank.