US 12,031,566 B2
Riveted assemblies and methods for riveting components
Vineet V. Joshi, Richland, WA (US); Sina Shahrezaei, Richland, WA (US); Curt A. Lavender, Richland, WA (US); Rob J. Seffens, Kennewick, WA (US); Mark A. Rhodes, Kennewick, WA (US); Darrell R. Herling, Kennewick, WA (US); and Aashish Rohatgi, Richland, WA (US)
Assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US)
Filed by BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Richland, WA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,413.
Application 17/743,413 is a continuation of application No. 17/193,669, filed on Mar. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,460,059.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,495, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275818 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 19/08 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); F16B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/04 (2013.01) [B21J 15/025 (2013.01); F16B 19/08 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A riveted assembly comprising:
a first component having opposing first and second surfaces;
a second component having opposing third and fourth surfaces, wherein the second surface of the first component abuts the third surface of the second component to bind and form an affixing interface comprising the second and third surfaces between the first component to the second component, wherein the affixing interface comprises interlocking deformed portion of the first and second components; and
a rivet extending between a head along a shank to an end, the end of the rivet being between the first and fourth surfaces.