Patent · US Expired

Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint

US6276050A · kind A · utility

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70References

30Claims

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Assignee

Emhart Inc. · US

Inventors

Dieter Mauer · Lollar, DE
Hermann Roeser · Biebertal, DE
Reinhold Opper · Reiskirchen, DE
Andreas Wojcik · Solms, DE
Christian Schoenig · Kinsau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 1999
Grant date	Aug 21, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53774
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A riveting system is operable to join two or more workpieces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present invention employs an electronic control unit and one or more sensors to determine a riveting characteristic and/or an actuator characteristic.

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