Rivet nut, rivet nut assembly system, and rivet nut assembly method
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Pungkang Co., Ltd.
InventorsWan-Woo Park, Tae-Young Han
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Abstract
A rivet nut has a through-hole and a target member is assembled with the rivet nut passing therethrough. The rivet nut includes a cylindrical body, a protrusion formed on and protruding from a lower end of the cylindrical body, and a flange formed on and protruding from an upper end of the cylindrical body. The target member is assembled by the flange contacting an upper-end surface of the target member and the protrusion contacting a lower-end surface of the target member.
Claims20
A rivet nut in which a through-hole is formed, a target member being assembled with the rivet nut passing therethrough, the rivet nut comprising:
- a cylindrical body;
- a protrusion formed on and protruding axially from a lower end of the cylindrical body;
- and
- a flange formed on and protruding radially from an upper end of the cylindrical body,
- wherein the target member and the rivet nut are assembled by the flange contacting an upper-end surface of the target member and the protrusion contacting a lower-end surface of the target member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.