Patent ID: 6962469

Claim:
A rivet for securing a first metal member to a second metal member, the rivet comprising: a head portion having a top surface and a bottom surface; a deformable body portion including a sharpened piercing edge projecting outwardly away from the bottom surface of the head portion, wherein the body portion has an open terminal end inboard of the piercing edge, the body portion defining a boundary surface at least partially surrounding an interior cavity in radial relation to the interior cavity and wherein the sharpened piercing edge is adapted to forcibly penetrate through the first member and into the second member upon application of a driving force to the head portion; and an adhesive in a flowable state normally disposed within the interior cavity, wherein the body portion comprises a plurality of radial passages extending between the interior cavity and an exterior surface of the body portion and wherein at least a portion of the adhesive is adapted to flow out of the interior cavity, through said radial passages and across said exterior surface of the body portion by the first member applying a compressive force to the adhesive during insertion of the piercing edge through the first member and the second member such that said at least a portion of the adhesive forms an adhesive bond between the exterior surface and the first and second members.