RIVET AND RIVET REMOVAL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130004263A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Palmisano, Leonard Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/172,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20130004263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 411/501
• CPC Class Codes: B21J 15/50 Removing or cutting devices for rivets
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 19/06 Solid rivets made in one piece
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49821 by altering or destroying work part or connector

Abstract

A shaft, a factory head, and a conical recess form a rivet. The shaft is cylindrical and includes a diameter, a first end, and a second end, the second end having a deformable portion to form a shop head. The factory head is connected to the first end of the shaft and has a diameter greater than the diameter of the shaft. The conical recess is preformed in the factory head coaxial with the shaft and narrows while extending into the factory head towards the shaft. The conical recess has an angle between 100 degrees and 135 degrees and a depth between 0.0254 centimeters and 0.1016 centimeters.

Claims

1. A rivet, comprising:

a shaft that is cylindrical having a diameter, a first end, and a second end having a deformable portion to form a shop head;

a factory head connected to the first end of the shaft, the factory head having a diameter greater than the diameter of the shaft; and

a conical recess preformed in the factory head coaxial with the shaft, the conical recess narrowing while extending into the factory head towards the shaft;

wherein the conical recess has an angle between 100 degrees and 135 degrees and a depth between 0.0254 centimeters and 0.1016 centimeters.

2. The rivet of claim 1, wherein the angle of the conical recess is about 118 degrees.

3. The rivet of claim 1, wherein the depth of the conical recess is about 0.0762 centimeters.

4. The rivet of claim 1, wherein the factory head has a round surface opposite a flat surface.

5. The rivet of claim 4, wherein the conical recess is formed in the round surface and the first end of the shaft is connected to the flat surface.

6. The rivet of claim 1, wherein the factory head has a flat surface defined by the diameter of the factory head and a tapered surface that begins at the diameter of the factory head and narrows while extending away from the flat surface and the diameter of the factory head.

7. The rivet of claim 6, wherein the conical recess is formed in the flat surface and the first end of the shaft is connected to the tapered surface opposite the conical recess and the flat surface of the factory head.

8. The rivet of claim 6, wherein the factory head with tapered surface is adapted to be countersunk.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the shaft has a first end and a shop head opposite the first end, the first end being attached to the factory head.

9. A method for removing a rivet that connects at least two pieces of material, comprising the steps of:

identifying a rivet to be removed, wherein the rivet comprises a factory head, a shaft that is cylindrical and attached to the factory head, a conical recess preformed in the factory head and coaxial with the shaft, the conical recess narrowing while extending into the factory head towards the shaft and having an angle between 100 degrees and 135 degrees and a depth between 0.0254 centimeters and 0.1016 centimeters;

aligning a central axis of a drill bit with a central axis of the shaft by inserting an angled tip of the drill bit into the conical recess, wherein the drill bit has a diameter no larger than a diameter of the shaft; and

forwardly moving and rotating the drill bit against the conical recess until the factory head is disconnected from the shaft.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein an angle of the angled tip of the drill bit is equal to the angle of the conical recess.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the angle of the conical recess is about 118 degrees.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the depth of the conical recess is about 0.0762 centimeters.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the factory head is rounded.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the factory head is tapered.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the factory head is countersunk into one of the at least two pieces of material.