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公开(公告)号:US11623269B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US16622911
申请日:2018-06-12
申请人: EJOT GmbH & Co. KG
发明人: Joerg Thiem , Gerhard Dubiel , Sebastian Zebisch , Marco Mielisch
摘要: The invention relates to a joining unit (10, 40) for an articulated arm robot (12, 44) for joining a component (24, 58) with a joining element (28, 60) by applying an axial force. The joining unit (10, 40) comprises a base element (14, 42) for connecting to an articulated arm robot (12, 44). The base element (12, 42) is connected to an advancing unit (13, 46), which can be moved relative to the base element (14, 42) in an axial direction in and against a setting direction. The advancing unit (13, 46) is connected to a setting device (16, 54), which can be moved together with the advancing unit (13, 46). Furthermore, a pressure piece (26, 50) mounted for movement relative to the advancing unit (13, 46) in and against the setting direction is connected to the advancing unit (13, 46) by means of a coupling unit (17, 48). The invention is distinguished in that the coupling unit (17, 48) comprises a blocking unit (18, 56), which, starting from a predefined axial blocking position, prevents motion of the pressure piece (26, 50) relative to the advancing unit (13, 46) against the setting direction so long as the advancing force is less than the set blocking force. The blocking unit comprises a release device (20, 62), by means of which the relative motion of the pressure piece (26, 50) against the setting direction is enabled.
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公开(公告)号:US11583919B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US17265611
申请日:2019-08-05
发明人: Russell John Trinick
摘要: A method of inserting a rivet into a workpiece using a rivet insertion apparatus, the method comprising, during a first rivet insertion step, using a punch and die to drive the rivet into the workpiece such that a slug of workpiece material is removed from the workpiece and travels into a bore provided in the die, modifying or changing the die to provide a rivet receiving die surface, then during a second rivet insertion step, using the punch to drive the rivet further into the workpiece such that a shank of the rivet is upset by the rivet receiving die surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20220355363A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
申请号:US17814697
申请日:2022-07-25
申请人: NEWFREY LLC
发明人: Andreas TRIPP , Stefan LIPPERT
摘要: A fastening device for feeding fasteners to a workpiece and for joining it, the fastening device comprising a fastening tool, a fastening device system. The fastening device including a magazine mounted on the fastening tool for holding a fastener. The magazine includes an isolation module located an outlet of the magazine and including a drawer with a recess and an exit port. The drawer is operable to move between a first position, wherein the recess is aligned with the outlet of the magazine, and a second position, wherein the recess is aligned with the exit port.
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公开(公告)号:US20220347738A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-03
申请号:US17731993
申请日:2022-04-28
发明人: Yuchao Liu , Jonathan Patrick Weiler , Gerry Wang
摘要: A self-piercing riveting (SPR) system includes a top sheet and a bottom sheet. The top sheet is layered above the bottom sheet and are disposed between a die and a blank holder. The SPR system further includes a barrier disposed between the bottom sheet and the die, wherein the barrier is configured to reduce stress concentrations during formation of a joint between the top sheet and the bottom sheet. The barrier may has a thickness between 0.8 mm and 1.0 mm and is made from a cold formed or a dual phase steel alloy.
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公开(公告)号:US20220290711A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17691762
申请日:2022-03-10
发明人: Oliver Diehl
摘要: The invention relates to a functional element, in particular to a bolt element, for attachment to a workpiece, in particular a sheet metal part. The functional element comprises a fastening section that has a reshaping section that can be reshaped to fasten the functional element to the workpiece, in particular wherein the reshaping section is a rivet section, and a functional section having a functional region, wherein the functional section is connected, in particular is rotationally fixedly connected, to the fastening section. The fastening section and the functional section are produced from different materials.
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公开(公告)号:US11440083B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US17254240
申请日:2019-06-21
申请人: EJOT GMBH & CO. KG
摘要: The invention relates to a connecting element (10) having a hollow-cylindrical shaft (12) and a drive (16), via which the shaft (12) can be driven in a direction of rotation, wherein the hollow-cylindrical shaft (12) has at least one free end, wherein the drive (16) is arranged opposite the free end, wherein a hollow space is formed by the hollow-cylindrical shaft (12). The invention is characterized in that driver structures (22) acting in the circumferential direction of the hollow-cylindrical shaft (12) are arranged in the hollow space, which, projected on the lateral surface, are arranged to extend in the setting direction on the lateral surface, rectilinearly parallel to the element mid-axis (M) or with an angular deviation of at most 20° with respect to the element mid-axis (M), and/or are arranged at the end on the drive side.
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公开(公告)号:US20220235806A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17382903
申请日:2021-07-22
发明人: Qiang Sun , Shengbao Cai
摘要: The present invention discloses a riveting method and a riveting structure. The riveting method comprises providing a plate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; forming a wall portion on the first side of the plate, the wall portion having a first recessed area at its first side and a second recessed area at its second side opposite to the first side; placing the fastener in the first recessed area so that the fastener is adjacent to the first side of the wall portion; and applying a force to the wall portion from the second side of the wall portion so that the wall portion is deformed so as to at least partially enclosed the fastener. This technical solution can avoid unwanted indentation on the back of the plate.
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公开(公告)号:US11384783B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-12
申请号:US16171421
申请日:2018-10-26
发明人: Omar Honegger , Bob Flores , Paul Keller
摘要: Two piece tack rivets and method of forming holes for permanent fasteners. The tack rivets have a stem with a head on one end and a grooved region adjacent the other end, and a locking collar for fitting over the grooved region of the stem for deforming into the grooved region of the stem on applying a setting force between the locking collar and the stem. The head includes cutouts formed therein. The cutouts prevent the head from forming large chips or strips when drilled.
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公开(公告)号:US20220193752A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17688810
申请日:2022-03-07
发明人: Thomas W. Honsa , Brett A. Casper
摘要: An end effector may be configured to be modular in nature such that the weight of the end effector may be adjusted for specific applications. The end effector may further be configured to accept interchangeable dollies, wherein a dolly may be configured with a jacket on a contact end of the dolly, which contact end is configured to engage a distal end of a rivet during use.
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公开(公告)号:US20220168801A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-02
申请号:US17651777
申请日:2022-02-18
申请人: Voith Patent GmbH
发明人: Bert Brahmer
摘要: The invention relates to a hold-down device for a joining drive and joining drive with a hold-down device. The hold-down device includes a hold-down cylinder, wherein the hold-down cylinder provides a hold-down force by means of a pressurized chamber. The pressure chamber consists of the hold-down cylinder and a punch of the joining drive. The pressurization required for the provision of the hold-down force is provided by a hydraulic circuit of the joining drive. In the joining mode, the pressure chamber of the hold-down device is connected to a pressure accumulator of the hold-down device, so that a change in volume in the pressure chamber of the hold-down device has no noticeable influence on the pressure in the pressure chamber.
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