US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 29 for "Self-piercing rivet and manufacturing method for fastening structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,110, issued on July 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Self-piercing rivet and manufacturing method for fastening structure" was invented by Shinya Nagashima (Kariya, Japan), Toshiyuki Dobashi (Nagoya, Japan), Nobuyuki Shinohara (Tajimi, Japan), Mayumi Nakanishi (Okazaki, Japan) and Reona Takagishi (Tajimi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-piercing rivet includes a head, an outer cylindrical part extending from the head and formed in a cylindrical shape, and an inner cylindrical part extending from the head, provided spaced apart inside the outer cylindrical part, and formed in a cylindrical shape. I...