Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint

US6502008B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NEWFREY LLC · US

Inventors

• Dieter Maurer · Pfullingen, DE
• Hermann Roeser · Biebertal, DE
• Reinhold Opper · Reiskirchen, DE
• Andreas Wojcik · Solms, DE
• Christian Schoenig · Kinsau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53774
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A computer program operably controls a riveting system to join two or more workpieces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed with computer software to sense, measure and/or determine riveting and/or joint characteristics. 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.