US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on Oct. 7 for "Punch for riveting, device in which punch for riveting is disposed, and method for joining members" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,293, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Punch for riveting, device in which punch for riveting is disposed, and method for joining members" was invented by Yoshihito Araki (Yokohama, Japan), Yuusuke Fukuoka (Yokohama, Japan) and Nobuyuki Furugori (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel punch for riveting with reduced load on a shaft of a rivet is provided. Alternatively, a device that is disposed with a novel punch for riveting with reduced load on a shaft of a rivet is provided. Alternatively, a method for joining members using a novel punch for riveting with reduced load on a sh...