Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amorphous metal rivet systems and methods for their use
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Application No.: US17877293Application Date: 2022-07-29
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Publication No.: US11802583B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Joseph W. Stevick
- Applicant: LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Lake Forest
- Assignee: LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Lake Forest
- Agency: FOLEY & LARNDER LLP
- The original application number of the division: US16578697 2019.09.23
- Main IPC: F16B19/10
- IPC: F16B19/10 ; B21J15/02 ; C22C45/00 ; C22C45/10 ; C22C45/04 ; C22C45/06 ; C22C45/08

Abstract:
A family of rivets including both blind and bucked-type rivets made at least partially from an amorphous metal alloy. A blind rivet includes a head portion and a tail portion. At least one of the head portion and the tail portion is configured to elastically deform to secure a first member in position relative to a second member. The head portion and the tail portion may include one or more deformable legs having an interface feature configured to engage with one of the first member and the second member. A bucked-type rivet assembly includes a formable member and an anvil. The anvil is configured to thermoplastically deform the formable member proximate to the second member by passing current through an electrical circuit that includes at least one of the formable member and anvil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220364588A1 AMORPHOUS METAL RIVET SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2022-11-17
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