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US 10,648,500 B2Granted
Blind rivet nut
AssigneeGesipa Blindniettechnik GmbH
InventorsRichard Gaertner, Thomas Bamberger, Sandro Setzer, Alexander Schulz
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Abstract
A blind rivet nut includes a rivet sleeve having a set head, a deformation region for forming the closing head, and a threaded section having a female thread. The female thread comprises maximally four complete thread turns, which produces a blind rivet nut with a low mass.
Claims19
A blind rivet nut comprising:
- a rivet sleeve having a set head, a deformation region for forming a closing head, and a threaded section having a female thread,
- wherein the female thread comprises maximally four complete thread turns, and
- wherein at least one of the set head and the deformation region, which has been transformed into the closing head, has a relative strength that is greater than a thread pull-out force of the female thread.
A method forming a blind rivet nut that includes a rivet sleeve having a set head and a threaded section separated by a deformation region for forming a closing head, the method comprising:
- forming a female thread in the threaded section of the rivet sleeve having at most four complete thread turns,
- wherein at least one of the set head and the deformation region, when transformed into the closing head, has a relative strength that is greater than a thread pull-out force of the female thread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.