US 12,330,207 B2
Jaw assembly for a rivet setting tool
Tobias Heep, Idstein (DE); Luca Bardaré, Idstein (DE); Kevin Bhikadiya, Idstein (DE); Yasar Akbaba, Idstein (DE); Philipp Libera, Taunusstein Wehen (DE); and Benjamin Schmidt, Idstein (DE)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,658.
Claims priority of application No. 2210945 (GB), filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033808 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B21J 15/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/04 (2006.01); B21J 15/26 (2006.01); B21J 15/32 (2006.01); B21J 15/36 (2006.01)
CPC B21J 15/043 (2013.01) [B21J 15/027 (2013.01); B21J 15/26 (2013.01); B21J 15/326 (2013.01); B21J 15/365 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A jaw assembly for a rivet setting tool, the jaw assembly comprising a plurality of jaws, each jaw of the plurality of jaws defining interlocking portions, each interlocking portion interlocking with at least one other adjacent jaw of the plurality of jaws and wherein adjacent jaws interlock with each other for enabling radial movement of the jaws toward a central longitudinal axis and relative to each other while restricting axial movement of the jaws relative to each other, the assembly forming a conical outer surface.