Patent ID: 6478286
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A riveted structure for a pulley seat, comprising:a base pivotally connected to a pulley, said base is provided with an aperture on an upper surface of each of two sides thereof, and a panel with an elongated through hole at a center thereof, said panel covers said base with a portion of said pulley extending through said through hole; wherein two rivets are integrally formed on an underside of said panel, said rivets passing though said apertures in said base, such that when said rivets are pressed, said rivets are deformed beneath a lower surface of said sides of said base, such that said panel and said base are securely affixed to each other, and said rivets are covered by said base and said panel, and wherein an annular recess is provided around each rivet so that when said rivets are pressed, deformed material of said rivets fills said recesses.