Patent ID: 6161273
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B21J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of riveting a plurality of parts together to form an assembly with a predetermined clearance or interference between a rivet and the parts interconnected by the rivet, comprising:(a) urging together a parts clamp and a parts support anvil against opposite sides of a plurality of parts to be riveted together;(b) urging a rivet anvil against a first head of a rivet, thereby urging the rivet into a first position with respect to the parts to be riveted together and establishing an initial condition;(c) thereafter adjusting said rivet anvil with respect to said parts anvil, thereby creating an adjusted condition; and(d) thereafter forming a second head on said rivet while retaining said parts support anvil and said rivet anvil in said adjusted condition.