ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,341, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Riveting device and riveting method" was invented by Yuki Tsukioka (Tokyo), Akira Ikada (Tokyo) and Michinobu Takahagi (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a riveting device that deforms a rivet inserted into a through-hole formed in a plurality of plate-shaped members disposed in a superimposed state and secures the plurality of plate-shaped members, the riveting device including: an upper anvil that is disposed in a state in which the upper anvil faces an end surface of a head of the rivet; a lower anvil that is disposed in a stat...