Apparatus and methods for installing composite rivets
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsLouis LABERGE LEBEL, Vincent FORTIER
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for installing composite rivets are disclosed. One disclosed method comprises: inserting a composite rivet blank comprising a composite material into a hole in a part; heating the composite rivet blank using Joule heating while the composite rivet blank is in the hole; and then finishing the composite rivet blank.
Claims25
A method for installing a composite rivet, the method comprising:
- inserting a composite rivet blank comprising a composite material into a hole in a part;
- heating the composite rivet blank using Joule heating while the composite rivet blank is in the hole;
- and then
- finishing the composite rivet blank.
-13. (canceled)
A method for installing a composite rivet using deformation of a composite rivet blank, the method comprising:
- inserting the composite rivet blank comprising a composite material into a hole in a part;
- heating the composite rivet blank by causing heat to be generated from within a first portion of the composite rivet blank while the composite rivet blank is in the hole and before deforming the first portion of the composite rivet blank;
- and then
- finishing the first portion of the composite rivet blank by deforming the first portion of the composite rivet blank.
-18. (canceled)
An apparatus for installing a composite rivet comprising a composite material, the apparatus comprising:
- a first finishing tool configured to be positioned on a first side of a part into which a composite rivet blank has been inserted and finish a first portion of the composite rivet blank;
- a second finishing tool configured to be positioned on a second side of the part into which the composite rivet blank has been inserted and finish a second portion of the composite rivet blank;
- and
- a power supply configured to couple with the composite rivet blank when the composite rivet blank is inserted in the part and heat the composite rivet blank using Joule heating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.