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US 6,988,862 B1Granted
Rivet, riveted joint structure riveting apparatus, and riveting method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Iguchi, Natsushige Sano
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Abstract
A rivet is provided which includes axially opposite end portions at least one of which is more likely to be deformed radially outwards than a remaining portion thereof, and the remaining portion is more resistant to a load applied in an axial direction of the rivet than the axially opposite end portions. As one example, the rivet includes a head portion and a cylindrical portion that extends from the head portion, and a recess is formed in the head portion so as to be open to a top surface of the head portion.
Claims6
A rivet comprising:
- axially opposite end portions at least one of which is more likely to be deformed radially outwards than a remaining portion thereof, said remaining portion being more resistant to a load applied in an axial direction of the rivet than said axially opposite end portion;
- a head portion including one of said axially opposite end portions, wherein a recess is formed in the head portion to be open to a top surface of the head portion;
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- a cylindrical portion including the other of the axially opposite end portions, wherein a bore is formed in the cylindrical portion, and a bore projection is formed on a bottom wall of the bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.