Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint

US7123982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: Mar 2, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A method of manufacturing, using 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.