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US 10,589,468 B2Granted
Composite rivet blank and installation thereof
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsPaul Trudeau, Louis Laberge Lebel, Alain Landry, Didier Hoste
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Abstract
Composite fasteners, associated blanks and also methods and apparatus for the installation of such fasteners are disclosed. An exemplary composite rivet (10) disclosed comprises an elongated body including braided reinforcement fibers (14) embedded inside the body and supported in a matrix material (16). Also disclosed are structural assemblies comprising composite fasteners and panels or other parts comprising composite and/or other materials.
Claims12
A composite fastener blank comprising:
- an elongated body having an axis and a length along the axis, the body comprising braided reinforcement fibers embedded inside the body and supported in a matrix material, the braided reinforcement fibers comprising a first braid and a second braid nested in the first braid, the braided reinforcement fibers forming a braid structure where a diameter of the braid structure increases upon compression of the braid structure such that the blank is installable in a hole by compression of the blank, wherein said blank is formed from at least one of a pultruded rod or a compression molded rod from which said blank is cut.
A composite rivet comprising:
- a body having braided reinforcement fibers embedded inside the body and supported in a matrix material, the braided reinforcement fibers comprising a first braid and a second braid nested in the first braid, the body comprising a first finished end for engaging a first part and a second finished end for engaging a second part, wherein said body is formed from at least one of a pultruded rod or a compression molded rod from which said body is cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.