Method of securing members together

摘要

A method of riveting two metal sheets (11, 12) together comprising inserting the shank (16) of a blind rivet through superposed oversized holes (13, 14) in the sheets, and deforming the parts of the sheets immediately surrounding the apertures by compression between the blind head (23) and the preformed head (17) of the rivet when the rivet is placed. The holes (13, 14) are oversized to allow for manufacturing and assembly tolerances, and deformation of the sheets provides interengagement between the sheets and substantially increases their resistance to slipping sideways relative to each other (Figures 1A, 1B and 1C).