Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-12
2005-04-12
Bryant, David P. (Department: 3726)
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
C029S524100, C029S525060, C403S274000, C361S689000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06877204
ABSTRACT:
A method of joining a plurality of sheets by means of a blind rivet, comprises:(i) forming holes in the sheets and placing the sheets together so that the holes are in register and form a single hole therethrough;(ii) inserting a blind rivet into the hole formed in the sheets from a working side thereof, the blind rivet comprising a sleeve (1) positioned about a mandrel that has a head (4); and(iii) setting the rivet.The hole (24) is radially enlarged at the outwardly facing surface of at least the sheet on the blind side, and the sleeve of the rivet is deformed during setting to form a rivet joint in which no part of the rivet is proud of the outwardly facing surface (28) of the sheet at least on the blind side of the sheets. The method enables rivet joints to be formed in sheets, for example used in enclosures that house modules, where there is no space available for the set rivets to protrude.
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Schnabel John David
Sparkes Stephen David
Bryant David P.
Kivlin B. Noäl
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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