Patent ID: 9738327
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B62D,F16B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A connecting member of a structure, comprising: an annular body member formed of a nonmagnetic material; and a bracket including a plate material and at least one reinforcing rib that is joined to a surface of the plate material, wherein at least one of two inner sides at corresponding end portions of the annular body member has inserted therein a portion of the bracket to which the at least one reinforcing rib is joined so that a direction of extension of the at least one reinforcing rib is along a direction of extension of the annular body member, and wherein the annular body member and a portion of the bracket inserted in the annular body member are clinched by electromagnetic tube compression of the annular body member, such that the end portions of the annular body member are deformed by the electromagnetic tube compression to take a shape in accordance with a shape of the inserted portion of the bracket.