Patent · US Expired

Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint

US7024270B2 · kind B2 · utility

26Cited by

95References

51Claims

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Assignee

NEWFREY LLC · 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	Nov 20, 2002
Grant date	Apr 4, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

Computer software for controlling 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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