Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fastening apparatus and fastener pass/fail determining method
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Application No.: US16616874Application Date: 2018-06-28
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Publication No.: US11260480B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Takeshi Eguchi , Takayuki Kitou , Teruhiko Hirasawa , Hidenori Sato
- Applicant: DAI-ICHI DENTSU LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: DAI-ICHI DENTSU LTD.
- Current Assignee: DAI-ICHI DENTSU LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: J-Tek Law PLLC
- Agent Jeffrey D. Tekanic; Scott T. Wakeman
- Priority: JPJP2017-134652 20170710,WOPCT/JP2017/046318 20171225
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/024593 WO 20180628
- International Announcement: WO2019/013007 WO 20190117
- Main IPC: B23P19/00
- IPC: B23P19/00 ; B23P19/04 ; F16B5/04 ; F16B19/06

Abstract:
A fastening apparatus includes a fastening device (1, 3) that heats in a non-contacting state, and then applies pressure to, a shaft part (11b) or shaft body (111) while it is inserted through the through holes (W10, W20) of workpieces (W1, W2), thereby forming at least a second head part (11c) of a fastener (11). The fastening device (1, 3) includes: a fastening die (15) that forms the second head part (11c); and a shaft-part pressure-applying device (9) that applies the pressure to the fastening die (15). A determining device (5) determines whether the fastener (11) is defective or not by calculating a load curve defined by the time and the load during which the pressure was applied and then determining whether an amount of change per unit of time in the load curve after a reference load has been exceeded is within a range of a predetermined reference value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210046593A1 FASTENING APPARATUS AND FASTENER PASS/FAIL DETERMINING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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