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Composite rivet with collar reinforced with circumferential fibers

US4687398A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1985
Grant dateAug 18, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S411/908
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite rivet comprising an axially compressible and radially expandable tubular plastic preform with a mandrel extending centrally thereof and a collar radially aligned with an annular recess in said mandrel for controlling radial deformation of the preform and locking of the mandrel in the rivet.

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