Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Headed fastener element – Having plastically flowable or deflectable end – e.g. – rivet,...
Patent
1987-07-09
1990-02-27
Smith, Gary L.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Headed fastener element
Having plastically flowable or deflectable end, e.g., rivet,...
411504, 403388, F16B 1906
Patent
active
049041371
ABSTRACT:
A rivet installation method creates a preload on the workpieces being joined. The rivet shank is urged to resist compression during installation while a ring on the end of the shank is compressed against the workpieces. Withdrawing the compression releases the shank to provide the preload.
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Saether F.
Smith Gary L.
Textron Inc.
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