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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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