Patent ID: 7334958

Claim:
A fastener for making a joint between a first and a second component, said fastener having first and second free ends, a first tubular riveting barrel portion at said first free end and an adjacent first shoulder forming a component contact surface and having a diameter greater than said first tubular barrel portion, and a second tubular riveting barrel portion at said second free end, said second tubular riveting barrel portion merging into a second shoulder of a flanged part having a greater diameter than said second tubular barrel portion, said first and second shoulders having a predefined and constant axial spacing and said first tubular barrel portion being adapted for making a joint between said first free end of said fastener and said first component by deforming said first tubular riveting barrel portion radially outwardly to form a first rivet bead and to sandwich said first component between said first shoulder and said first tubular riveting barrel portion; said second tubular riveting barrel portion at said second free end of said fastener being adapted for introduction through a hole in said second component, whereby said second shoulder of said flanged part abuts said second component spacing said second component from said first component by an amount corresponding to said predefined and constant axial spacing, said second end of said fastener further being adapted for attachment to said second component by deforming said second tubular riveting barrel portion radially outwardly at said second free end to form a second rivet bead, whereby to sandwich said second component between said shoulder of said flanged part and said second tubular barrel portion and said first free end of said fastener being adapted to pierce said first component.