Patent ID: 9186867
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B21J,B29C,B29L,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pre-formed part in combination with an assembled part that is assembled to the pre-formed part, the combination comprising: a composite member including a resin matrix and reinforcement fibers having a pre-formed button shaped area that defines a void at a predetermined location; a self-piercing rivet extending completely through the assembled part at the predetermined location and having an insertion end penetrating into a portion of the composite member such that the insertion end directly contacts a portion of the composite member at the button shaped area; and displaced material from the assembled part disposed in the void between the self-piercing rivet and the button-shaped area that locks the assembled part to the button-shaped area of the pre-formed part without cracks in the pre-formed part that expose the fibers.