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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287411 | Die for a tool set for mechanical joining A die for a tool set includes at least one punch and a die which defines a cavity for effecting joining. The die comprises an anvil opposite the punch. Die segments adjoin the said anvil and define the cavity in the circumferential direction. When the punch is being... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7150086 | Tool that connects pieces through a process of riveting A tool, for making clinching connections, which has a multi-part matrix with matrix sheathing pieces that move to the outside and with counteracting springs. These springs are one-piece connected with each other through a connecting section. There are at least three... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6959582 | Expandable forming tool An expandable forming tool has a body with a mounting stem on its upper surface and a transversely extending channel in its lower surface in which is slidably seated a wedge-shaped actuator for vertical sliding movement. The larger lower end normally depends from th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6189361 | Tool for forming protrusions in material by cutting and deforming There provides a tool, which is capable of smoothly executing a cutting and protruding process in all the steps from the starting to ending of cutting and protruding of a small protrusion when the protrusion is cut and protruded on an upper surface of a w... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6035521 | Multi-directional crimp plate A crimping apparatus for crimping a workpiece such as a terminal or eyelet around a core such as a wire or a fiber optic cable. The apparatus includes upper and lower identical plates supported for opposing reciprocal motion on respective upper and lower ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5992206 | Clinching die having metallic restoring member A tool set for clinch-connecting superposed sheet materials is disclosed, the tool set comprising a punch and a die. The die includes an anvil and shaping elements displaceably disposed on the anvil. All shaping elements are positioned by one single metal... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5509290 | Tools for cold flow forming of assembly points in sheet metal Improvements relating to tools for cold flow forming of assembly points in sheet metal. The tools comprise first tool (1) with a punch (6) and a blank holder (5) and a second tool (10) with a guiding surface (16) from which extends a finger (14) terminate... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5259102 | Clinching tool A clinching tool including a punch and a die. The die includes a sleeve, a riser, an elastomeric member, and a plurality of fingers. The riser is positioned within the sleeve and includes an upper reduced diameter anvil portion projecting upwardly through... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5131258 | Punch anvils for sheet fastening systems A new punch anvil is provided for use with an axial punch for use in a fastening system of the kind in which the punch displaces a portion of one sheet member, such as a thin metal sheet, into another sheet to fasten them together, the punch and die coope... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5031442 | Punch anvils for sheet fastening systems A new punch anvil is provided for use with an axial punch for use in a fastening system of the kind in which the punch displaces a portion of one sheet member, such as a thin metal sheet, into another sheet to fasten them together, the punch and die coope... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4498325 | Method for shaping panels by a bending operation, in particular panels for aircraft fuselage skin, and apparatus for implementing such method A method is disclosed for bending panels which are provided with reinforcing stiffening ribs. The bending is caused by upsetting or elongating the ribs. Apparatus for carrying out the method also is disclosed and includes means which engage the ribs at po... | 02/12/1985 |
| 3971244 | Impact tool An impact tool for dressing metal sheets, particularly for repairing damaged vehicle bodies, has a tool carrier, in a bore of which there are guided at least two jaws separated from each other in the rest position of the tool by resilient elements, e.g. s... | 07/27/1976 |
