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8146240 |
Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint
A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present...
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8091237 |
Method for making a vehicle seat crossmember
A method for producing a rear crossmember for a vehicle seat that includes the steps of providing metal plate stock having a first edge and a second edge as well as performing a simultaneous...
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8028391 |
Belt lacing apparatus
A belt lacer uses a power drive carriage for clinching hook or C-shaped belt lacing elements to a belt end. Optionally, the carriage may be driven in a manual mode or a power mode. A detachable...
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8024848 |
Double-action clinching method
Double-action clinching includes establishing a first layer on a second layer, and securing the layers between a tool's punch and clinching punch. First layer has less ductility than second layer,...
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8006361 |
Installation tool for use with a liner sleeve attachment
An installation tool for use with a liner sleeve attachment, such as a nutplate assembly for mounting onto a substrate blind side as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,704,747. The installation tool...
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7971335 |
Fastening apparatus and method with compensation for load-induced deformation of supporting frame
Fastening apparatus comprises a frame having a pair of spaced arms supporting respective cooperable fastening members, loading of the frame during a fastening operation tends to spread the arms and...
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7849573 |
Apparatus for self-piercing rivet
An apparatus for riveting two or more sheets together that includes a punch and a die. The die has an expandable cavity that is formed by a tip and a plurality of movable blades. The blades are...
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7739780 |
Method of manufacturing using a die to produce a machined part
A specific illustrative embodiment of the present invention is disclosed here. The disclosed die tool that will assemble dissimilar materials to form a carrier plate of steel material and an insert...
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7657987 |
Methods for the attachment of a functional element to a sheet metal part
A functional element for connection to a sheet metal part, and a method for connecting a functional element to a sheet metal part. The functional element includes a head part, a tubular rivet...
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7624504 |
Method of attaching hose coupling to hose
A hose coupling according to the present invention for securing a hose has a cylindrical nipple and a cylindrical socket disposed radially outwardly thereof. A plurality of circumferentially...
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7480971 |
Method and device for mounting a fastener element on a part, particularly a sheet metal part
Disclosed are a method and a device for mounting a fastening element (12) to a part (13), e.g. a sheet metal part, said fastening element comprising a head piece (14) with a tubular rivet section...
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7475473 |
Device for operating a fastening tool
In a method for joining at least two plate-shaped workpieces by a fastening tool and a device for operating the fastening tool, the fastening tool comprises a punch for exerting a punch force to...
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7451543 |
Methods of securing a bearing with an adaptor sleeve within an opening of a housing
A rotor assembly for an electric machine includes a rotatable shaft, a rotor core coupled to the shaft for common rotation, and an impeller coupled to the shaft for common rotation. A bearing is...
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7401394 |
Method of attaching a fastener element to a metal panel
In a method for inserting a bolt element (10) having a head portion (12) and a shaft portion (16) into a sheet metal component (52) the bolt element is passed through the sheet metal component by...
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7338245 |
Self-attaching nut
A self-attaching nut for installation in a panel by a plunger driven against the bottom face of the nut, the bottom face of the nut including parallel rails on opposed sides of a channel-shaped...
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7287411 |
Die for a tool set for mechanical joining
A die for a tool set includes at least one punch and a die which defines a cavity for effecting joining. The die comprises an anvil opposite the punch. Die segments adjoin the said anvil and define...
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7237314 |
Method of securing a nut plate to a wall defined by an aperture through a workpiece
A method of securing a nut plate to a workpiece includes the step of providing a nut plate include a nut, a holding bracket having tubular and bracket portions, and a stem. The tubular portion has...
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7200915 |
Method for continuously joining a handrail for an escalator or moving walkway
Two opposite ends of a handrail stock member are joined to form a handrail having a closed-loop configuration for an escalator or the like. A slot is cut into each end, parallel to a longitudinal...
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7179034 |
Torque resistant fastening element
A fastening element capable of being attached to a panel by deforming the panel is disclosed. A barrel portion is tubular with an open free end and has an axis defining a circumference. A radial...
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7152294 |
Self-attaching female fastener element and method of installation
A symmetrical self-attaching female fastener including a body having a bore, and identical integral tubular barrel portions extending from opposed ends of the body coaxially aligned with the bore....
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7047617 |
Method of attaching a self-piercing element in a panel and die member
A self-piercing element including a shank, a radial flange and a tubular barrel. The flange includes spaced concave surfaces and the annular bearing surface has an area at least four times the...
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7047636 |
Method of connecting a connecting member and a flat circuit member
A method in which a claw portion of a connecting member penetrates a first piercing portion of a flat circuit member in a thickness direction thereof. In the case of connection to the flat circuit...
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7043812 |
Apparatus and method for button indexing in button attaching machine, and method of adjusting the apparatus
A button indexing device used in a button attaching machine for attaching a button to be indexed in a specific orientation on a fabric of garments or the like, including lower mold provided at a...
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7032296 |
Self-piercing fastening system
The preferred embodiment of a fastening system includes a self-piercing fastener having a thread-like pattern. In another aspect of the present invention, a fastener insertion machine employs an...
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7003861 |
Tool assembly employing a flexible retainer
A flexible retainer for retaining die blades in a tool assembly. The retainer comprises inner and outer walls with the inner wall being generally concentric with and radially spaced inward from the...
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6994486 |
Functional element and panel assembly
A method for placing a functional element, especially a fastening element, in an especially liquid-tight and/or gastight manner, on a metal part. The inventive method is characterized in that a...
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6948224 |
Automatic stapling method and stapler
An automatic stapling apparatus and method is disclosed which may have a stapling mechanism moved by a stapler engaging mechanism into a stapling position in relation to a stack of sheets to be...
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6925698 |
Method of feeding and installing self-attaching nuts
A self-attaching fastener installation head and feed mechanism including a spring-biased L-shaped feed pawl which feeds a first nut in the feed passage adjacent the plunger passage on the upstroke...
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6904659 |
Method for producing an eyelet
Method for production of an eyelet, during connection of workpieces where material of an outermost workpiece is pulled through openings in the other workpieces, using a single feed movement of rim...
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6889435 |
Attachment of metal components by thermal drilling
A method of securing a metal component to a body having a metal wall includes placing the component against the body such that a wall of the component is in external surface contact with the wall...
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6842976 |
Method of connecting flat cable and terminal
A method of connecting a flat cable and a terminal, comprising a sticking step in which cramp pieces (13b-13d) are stuck through a flat cable (10) to be received in corresponding cavities (15b,...
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6836948 |
Method of joining a sheet metal part to a metal tube
The present invention provides a method of joining a sheet metal part to a metal tube to form an assembly. In an overlapping configuration, the parts are held together under a clamping force while...
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6817079 |
Method of riveting a headed fastener
The method of the present invention is intended to be used in association with a headed fastener such as a tee nut, but not limited to a tee nut. The present method contemplates embodiments of a...
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6779244 |
Method for production of a windscreen wiper arm with a U-profile cross-section and the corresponding device
A method for producing a windshield wiper bracket (10) with a U-shaped cross section, with two through holes (12) disposed in the legs (11) of the bracket (10), through which a rivet (13) extends,...
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6766569 |
Adjusting method and adjusting jig of button attaching apparatus
Jigs (52 to 57) are respectively set on upper and lower holders (21, 31) of a button attaching apparatus instead of upper and lower dies; relative position of the upper and the lower holders (21,...
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6760963 |
Ductile material lance joiner
The present invention relates to a joiner for lance joining ductile materials, such as metal sheets, and in particular to a joiner including a die assembly and a punch assembly. The die assembly...
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6748642 |
Preloading for lockbolt installation
A process and apparatus for installation of a lockbolt to fasten together an assembly of at least two parts having a viscous fluid such as adhesive or sealant in the interface between the two...
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6739038 |
Portable belt lacer
A portable belt lacer fastens to an associated belt end a plurality of side-by-side connectors of the type having opposing shanks interconnected by central eye loops with staples that extend...
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6546615 |
Embossing tool for circuit board holders having a working face with an H-shaped formation, and method of making circuit board holders using such tool
A tool used in manufacturing circuit board holders from sheets of material has a working face for forming embossments on the sheets by repetitively striking the sheets therewith. The working face...
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RE38061 |
Method of attaching a fastening element to a panel
The method of attaching a fastening element to a metal panel within a panel opening using a die member having an annular concave die cavity. The fastening element includes a tubular riveting...
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6539605 |
Method of making a support structure
A support structure includes first and second support members which are interlocked with a body. The second support member is placed in a die such that a hole of the second support member is...
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6488144 |
Pre-inserted rivet belt fastener and apparatus and method for application thereof
A fastener for splicing ends of conveyor belts together is provided having a rivet that is pre-inserted thereto to provide speed and ease in installation. The rivet is held in an aperture of the...
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6418609 |
Fastener, die button and method of installing a fastener into a panel
The present invention discloses a non-piercing, non-shearing fastener, die button, fastener and panel assembly and method for installing the fastener. The fastener has a head with a barrel, the...
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6154943 |
Device for closing sheathings such as cable conduits
The invention relates to a device for closing sheathings, such as cable conduits 23, flexible pipe lines or container elements by means of a closure device 25 provided on a tool 24, wherein closure...
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6134767 |
Method for embedding connection elements in a wall
The invention relates to a method and a device for embedding connection elements in a wall. The connection elements (14, 34, 50) exhibit in each case a punch-like section. The punch-like section...
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6029714 |
Stainless steel pipe of bright annealing finish type, having highly-smoothed inner surface and method for producing the same
A stainless steel pipe of the bright annealing finish type, having a highly-soothed inner surface according to the present invention is characterized in that the inner surface roughness of the...
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5916392 |
Method of application and composition of coating for building surfaces
A method for increasing resistance to damage of a building wall due to wind, water, fire and seismic events including the steps of covering the wall with a fiberglass mat wherein the mat and wall...
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5906038 |
Method of mounting belt fasteners on conveyor belts
The invention pertains to an installation for fastening a connecting elem (1), specifically a U-shaped one, to the end (9) of a conveyor belt (10) with a peg-shaped fastening element (7). The...
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5788860 |
Method for manufacturing a supporting plate for a filter
A method for manufacturing a supporting plate provided inside of a disc-type filter having filter media at surface portions thereof including the steps of: forming an annular plate having opposed...
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5743691 |
Clinch-type fastener member
A novel clinch-type fastener member is engaged through first and second workpieces to form a mechanically locked joint which is highly resistant to vibrational loosening. The fastener member has a...
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