B21J 15/027
Setting rivets by friction heating
Official title: {Setting rivets by friction heating}
B21J15/027 (Setting rivets by friction heating) appears on 62 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 10 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and connecting device for connecting at least two elements by a connecting element10 Mar 2026US 12,571,419 B2Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
- Element, friction element welding method, and method for producing friction element welded joint25 Nov 2025US 12,479,042 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Friction joining element30 Sep 2025US 12,429,080 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Jaw assembly for a rivet setting tool17 Jun 2025US 12,330,207 B2Black & Decker Inc.
- Method and device for monitoring and/or controlling a flow-drilling and thread-forming process11 Mar 2025US 12,246,374 B2Altas Copco IAS GmbH
- Joints with high velocity induced metallurgical bonds27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249345 A1Battelle Memorial Institute
- Rivet for use in semiconductor module arrangement, method for producing a rivet, and method for connecting rivet to a substrate20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243289 A1Infineon Technologies AG
- Method and connecting device for connecting at least two elements by a connecting element22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022728 A1
- Riveting method and fastened product1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001119 A1Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Riveting method and fastened product18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381594 A1Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Friction stir welding fastener139US 9,555,580 B1Temper IP, LLC · 2017
- Friction plunge riveting35US 6,769,595 B2Alcoa Inc. · 2004
- Friction stirring interlocking of dissimilar materials24US 10,369,748 B2Battelle Memorial Institute · 2019
- Composite fastener23US 5,354,160 ATextron Inc. · 1994
- Structure for joining members including a nut and an auxiliary member22US 8,240,540 B2Hino Motors, Ltd. · 2012