公开(公告)号：US09957999B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US14971802

申请日：2015-12-16

Applicant: PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG

Inventor： Jiri Babej ,  Christian Sowa ,  Richard Humpert ,  Michael Vieth

IPC: F16B37/06 ,  F16B39/282 ,  B23P19/06

CPC classification number: F16B39/282 ,  B23P19/064 ,  F16B37/068

Abstract: A piercing nut element having a strength in the range between 700 and 900 MPa which is designed to be pressed into the sheet metal part. The nut element is characterized in that the self-piercing attachment of the nut element into a sheet metal part of higher strength, or into a sheet metal part with a thickness greater than 3.5 mm, the nut element is designed in such a way that the piercing section has a peripheral extending groove below the sheet metal contact surface and in that the piercing section has a piercing edge at its free end face with the piercing edge being spaced from the boundary of the groove adjacent to the piercing section by a peripheral surface having an axial height which corresponds to at least 30% and preferably to at least 50% of the sheet metal thickness, wherein the radial wall thickness of the piercing section in the region of its free end face from the outer side of the piercing section up to the nominal diameter of the thread corresponds to a thickness between 1.2 to 1.8 and preferably 1.5 times the intended sheet metal thickness.

公开(公告)号：US20150258635A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-17

申请号：US14656953

申请日：2015-03-13

Applicant: RICHARD BERGNER VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG

Inventor： WILHELM SCHNEIDER ,  JULIANE NIEDERMUELLER ,  KLAUS DEHLKE

IPC: B23K31/02 ,  B23K35/02

CPC classification number: B23K31/02 ,  B21J15/025 ,  B23K11/0066 ,  B23K35/0255 ,  B23P19/064

Abstract: A method for producing an assembly unit includes providing the assembly unit with an assembly part and at least one welding element serving for the thermal joining of the assembly part to a basic construction. The welding element is fixed in a through opening of the assembly part with at least one form-locking connection acting in the direction of the center longitudinal axis of the through opening and having a first end face, a second end face facing away from the first, and a peripheral surface that interconnects the end faces. The welding element has two side faces running parallel to each other and pointing away from each other, a profile that ensures the at least one form-locking connection and two transverse surfaces which connect the side faces one to the other.

Abstract translation: 一种组装单元的制造方法，包括为组装单元提供组装部件和用于组装部件与基础结构的热连接的至少一个焊接元件。 焊接元件固定在组件部分的通孔中，其中至少一个成形锁定连接件沿通孔的中心纵向轴线的方向作用，并具有第一端面，第二端面背离第一 以及连接端面的周边表面。 焊接元件具有彼此平行延伸并指向彼此的两个侧面，其确保至少一个成形锁定连接和将侧面彼此连接的两个横向表面的轮廓。

公开(公告)号：US20130185917A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-25

申请号：US13745032

申请日：2013-01-18

Applicant: PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Inventor： Oliver DIEHL ,  Richard Humpert ,  Andreas Lembach ,  Christian Sowa

IPC: F16B39/282 ,  B23P19/00

CPC classification number: F16B39/282 ,  B23P19/00 ,  B23P19/001 ,  B23P19/06 ,  B23P19/064 ,  F16B19/14 ,  F16B25/106 ,  F16B35/06 ,  F16B37/068 ,  Y10T29/49881

Abstract: A method for the attachment of a bolt element to a component is described. The bolt element has a head part having a contact surface and a shaft part extending away from the head part, the shaft part having a tip provided at its end remote from the head part, the tip merging into a thread cylinder, optionally via a cylindrical region. The bolt element is pressed with the tip to the fore against the component and the tip is pressed through the component until the side of the component adjacent the head part of the bolt element enters to contact the thread cylinder and the tip thereby generates a hole in the component. The bolt element is subsequently turned so that the thread of the thread cylinder forms an internal thread in the wall of the hole. A bolt element is also claimed.

Abstract translation: 描述了用于将螺栓元件附接到部件的方法。 螺栓元件具有头部，其具有接触表面和远离头部部分延伸的轴部分，所述轴部分具有设置在远离头部的端部的尖端，所述尖端可以任选地经由圆柱体 地区。 螺栓元件被尖端抵靠在部件上被挤压，并且尖端被挤压通过部件，直到与螺栓元件的头部相邻的部件的侧面进入以接触螺纹滚筒并且尖端因此产生孔 组件。 螺栓元件随后被转动，使得螺纹滚筒的螺纹在孔的壁中形成内螺纹。 还要求保护螺栓元件。

公开(公告)号：US08001819B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-23

申请号：US12311752

申请日：2007-10-26

Applicant: Masaaki Mizumura ,  Koichi Sato ,  Yukihisa Kuriyama

Inventor： Masaaki Mizumura ,  Koichi Sato ,  Yukihisa Kuriyama

IPC: B21D35/00 ,  B21D26/02

CPC classification number: B21D26/035 ,  B21D28/28 ,  B23P19/064 ,  Y10T29/49805 ,  Y10T29/49925 ,  Y10T29/49938

Abstract: The present invention was made with the object of eliminating the short pipe member when attaching a bolting nut to a hydroformed part, preventing an increase in the difficulty of hydroforming for attaching the nut, extending the nut length so as to enable sufficient strength at the time of bolting, and enabling application even to thin wall hydroformed parts and comprises inserting a metal pipe into a split mold having a pierce punch able to be moved perpendicular to an axis of the inserted metal pipe or in a slanted direction, having a front part narrower than a center part, and having around the front part a nut having an inside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the front part and smaller than an outside diameter of the center part; hydroforming it; then making the pierce punch advance to pierce part of the hydroformed part and pushing the nut by a center part arranged behind the nut and embedding the nut in the metal pipe.

Abstract translation: 本发明的目的是为了在将螺栓螺母连接到液压成型部件时消除短管部件，防止加压螺母的液压成形难度增大，延长螺母长度，以便在此时能够获得足够的强度 甚至能够应用于薄壁液压成形部件，并且包括将金属管插入具有能够垂直于插入的金属管的轴线或沿倾斜方向移动的穿孔冲头的分割模具中，其具有前部较窄 并且在前部周围具有内径大于前部外径的内径小于中心部的外径的螺母; 液压成型 然后使穿孔冲头前进，刺穿部分液压成型部件，并通过布置在螺母后面的中心部分推动螺母，并将螺母嵌入金属管中。

公开(公告)号：US20180311775A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US15679147

申请日：2017-08-16

Applicant: STAFAST PRODUCTS, INC.

Inventor： JONATHAN WAYNE DIETER

IPC: B23P19/10 ,  B23P19/00 ,  B23P19/12 ,  B23P19/06

CPC classification number: B23P19/105 ,  B21B29/00 ,  B23P19/004 ,  B23P19/006 ,  B23P19/06 ,  B23P19/062 ,  B23P19/064 ,  B23P19/12 ,  B25J9/0093 ,  B25J9/0096 ,  B25J9/1687 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  Y10T29/49833 ,  Y10T29/53039 ,  Y10T29/53052 ,  Y10T29/5343

Abstract: An insertable fastener installation apparatus for a flat substrate has a thickness, T. A roller press station is used to press T-nuts into holes in the substrate. An optical vision system detects the location of the holes in the moving substrate and aligns the t-nuts with the holes. A computer controlled pick and place robot takes T-nuts from an escapement of a hopper feed system and aligns, but does not fully insert, the t-nuts in the substrate. A conveyor system feeds the substrates through the optical vision system, the pick and place robot station and the roller press station. A first roller is spaced apart from a second roller by a gap in the roller press station and the gap is less than the thickness of the substrate. The hopper feed system includes a bulk hopper, a bowl, a track and an escapement.

公开(公告)号：US20180250734A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15910599

申请日：2018-03-02

Applicant: UTICA ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Mark A. SAVOY ,  Phillip J. I. MORGAN

IPC: B21J15/08 ,  B21J15/28 ,  B21D39/03 ,  F16B37/06

CPC classification number: B21J15/08 ,  B21D39/031 ,  B21J15/28 ,  B23P19/064 ,  F16B37/068

Abstract: Apparatus (20) and a method for securing a clinch nut (24) to an AHSS sheet (26) as an assembly (22). In one embodiment, a parallel kinematic machine (PKM) (88) sequentially performs the operation, while another embodiment includes a nut ram assembly (112) that attaches clinch nuts (24) to the AHSS sheet (26), and a further embodiment includes a C frame (114) that supports the apparatus and is moved by a robot (130) to sequentially attach clinch nuts (24) to the AHSS sheet (26) at different locations. The attachment of the clinch nuts is performed in a light-safe manner.

公开(公告)号：US20170361408A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15511293

申请日：2015-09-15

Applicant: Broetje-Automation GmbH

Inventor： Bruno Hinrichs ,  Jannik Harms

IPC: B23P19/06 ,  B21J15/34 ,  B21J15/14 ,  B21J15/02 ,  B23P19/12 ,  B25B21/00 ,  F16B31/02

CPC classification number: B23P19/064 ,  B21J15/022 ,  B21J15/142 ,  B21J15/32 ,  B21J15/34 ,  B23P19/06 ,  B23P19/12 ,  B25B21/001 ,  F16B31/021

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for screwing a locking ring (1) onto a threaded bolt (2), wherein a coupling device (6) for being threaded into the threaded bolt (2) is driven in rotation by a rotary drive (4), and wherein the locking ring (1) is then screwed onto the threaded bolt (2), which is fixed by the coupling device (6), by a locking ring holder (3) which is driven in rotation by the rotary drive (4). The invention likewise relates to a method for screwing a locking ring (1) comprising a fastening part (18a) and a tear-off part (18b) onto a threaded bolt (2), wherein a removal gripper (22) grips the tear-off part (18b) and removes the tear-off part (18b) after the tear-off part (18b) has been torn off. The invention further relates to a screwing apparatus for executing a method according to the invention.

公开(公告)号：US20150121667A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-07

申请号：US14532511

申请日：2014-11-04

Applicant: PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Inventor： Richard Humpert

IPC: A44B17/00

CPC classification number: A44B17/0064 ,  A44B17/0041 ,  B23P19/064 ,  F16B5/0096 ,  F16B5/045 ,  F16B37/068 ,  Y10T24/45906 ,  Y10T29/49945

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastener element for attachment to a component, wherein the fastener element has a contact surface which contacts the component in the installed state. Furthermore, the fastener element has a mounting recess which faces the component in the dismantled state. The mounting recess is bounded by at least one sidewall and by a base section. The sidewall is, at least regionally, provided with at least one undercut which is effective in the axial direction of the fastener element. The base section is formed free of any aperture.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于附接到部件的紧固件元件，其中紧固元件具有在安装状态下与部件接触的接触表面。 此外，紧固件元件具有面向拆卸状态的部件的安装凹部。 安装凹部由至少一个侧壁和底部区域限定。 侧壁至少在区域上设置有至少一个在紧固件元件的轴向方向上有效的底切部。 基部形成为没有任何孔。

公开(公告)号：US20150047175A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-19

申请号：US13967311

申请日：2013-08-14

Applicant: Whitesell International Corporation

Inventor： Randy M. Hoffman ,  Patrick Bolick

IPC: F16B37/06

CPC classification number: F16B37/068 ,  B21D22/04 ,  B23P19/064 ,  Y10T29/49833 ,  Y10T29/49835 ,  Y10T29/49837 ,  Y10T29/49888 ,  Y10T29/49908 ,  Y10T29/49947 ,  Y10T29/5343

Abstract: A die button for installation of a nut to a panel includes a button body with a panel end, and a cavity defined therein. An aperture is defined in the panel end at a mouth of the cavity. A shearing edge is at a perimeter of the aperture to shear a tab from the panel when a shearing force is applied to the panel by the nut driven by a punch of a press. A relief is in a portion of the perimeter of the aperture to bend a root portion of the panel connecting the tab to the panel without severing the root when the nut applies the shearing force. A reaction member is slidably disposed within the cavity. A resilient member is disposed within the cavity to urge the reaction member toward the panel end, thereby bending the tab to contact the nut and seal a bore.

Abstract translation: 用于将螺母安装到面板的模具按钮包括具有面板端部的按钮主体和限定在其中的空腔。 在腔的端部的面板端部限定有孔。 当剪切力通过由冲压机的冲头驱动的螺母施加到面板上时，剪切边缘在孔的周边处以从面板剪切突片。 当螺母施加剪切力时，浮雕位于孔的周边的一部分中，以将连接到翼片的面板的根部部分弯曲，而不会断开根部。 反应构件可滑动地设置在空腔内。 弹性构件设置在空腔内以将反作用构件推向面板端部，从而弯曲突片以接触螺母并密封孔。

公开(公告)号：US20140173877A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-26

申请号：US13724834

申请日：2012-12-21

Applicant: Ming-Chung CHIU

Inventor： Ming-Chung CHIU

IPC: B23P11/00

CPC classification number: B23P19/064 ,  B21J15/00 ,  Y10T29/49835

Abstract: A holeless plate member riveting method for riveting a retaining member to a holeless plate member using a press by: placing the holeless plate member on a first die of the press and attaching a mounting structure of the retaining member to the holeless plate member opposite to the first die, and then attaching a cavity of a second die of the press to the retaining member, and then operating the press to stamp the second die against the retaining member and the first die, forcing a cutting edge of the mounting structure of the retaining member to cut into the holeless plate member to the extent where a toothed portion and annular locating groove of an engagement structure of the retaining member are kept in permanent engagement with a deformed part of the holeless plate member.

Abstract translation: 一种无孔板构件铆接方法，用于通过以下方式将保持构件铆接到无孔板构件：将无孔板构件放置在压力机的第一模具上，并将保持构件的安装结构附接到与无孔板构件相对的无孔板构件 第一模具，然后将压机的第二模具的腔体附接到保持构件，然后操作压力机以将第二模具压靠在保持构件和第一模具上，迫使保持件的安装结构的切割边缘 构件切入无孔板构件，使得保持构件的接合结构的齿形部分和环形定位槽与无孔板构件的变形部分永久地接合。