US 12,188,504 B2
Rivet sleeve and blind rivet with a rivet sleeve
Konrad Schuerhoff, Rietberg (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,688.
Application 17/970,688 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/059781, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 111 539.3 (DE), filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037581 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 19/1063 (2013.01) [F16B 19/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rivet sleeve of a blind rivet to connect at least one die-head- side component to a closing-head-side component, the rivet sleeve comprising:
a sleeve shank having a sleeve shank end, the sleeve shank end of the rivet sleeve being deformed into a closing head in a closed state of the blind rivet, the closing head being arranged on an upper side of the closing-head-side component;
an elastic sleeve die head arranged on an end of the sleeve shank opposite the sleeve shank end for ensuring a minimum clamping force between at least the die-head- side component and the closing-head-side component in the closed state of the blind rivet,
wherein the sleeve die head is arranged on an upper side of the die-head-side component opposite the upper side of the closing-head-side component,
wherein the sleeve die head extends around the sleeve shank, such that the sleeve die head extends radially around an extension axis of the sleeve shank,
wherein the sleeve die head has at least two recesses spaced a distance apart in a lateral surface of the sleeve die head, and
wherein the at least two recesses are formed in a region of at least one die head contact section of the sleeve die head for arrangement on the upper side of the die-head-side component with respect to the sleeve shank or wherein the at least two recesses are formed in a region between the at least one die head contact section of the sleeve die head and the sleeve shank.