Abstract: An electric rotor includes a shaft, windings, a first end cap, a second end cap, and a collar. The shaft includes a head and a shank. The windings extend around the shank of the shaft. The first end cap has a first side engaging a first end of the windings and a second side engaging the head of the shaft. The second end cap has a first side engaging a second end of the windings opposite of the first end. The collar is crimped to the shank of the shaft and engages a second side of the second end cap opposite of the first side of the second end cap such that (i) the windings are clamped between the first and second end caps and (ii) the shaft, the windings, the first and second end caps, and the collar rotate together as a single unit.

Abstract: A self-piercing rivet with a head and a shank which has a shank diameter (Ds), wherein, at a foot end opposite the head, the shank has an axial recess which has an axial depth (LB), wherein the axial recess has a recess volume, wherein a ratio of recess volume to volume of the shank and the head is in the range of 0.06 to 0.08.

Abstract: A tube clamp includes an inner frame, an outer frame, and a plurality of tethers connecting the inner and outer frames to one another. The inner frame is configured to be mounted to a panel. The inner frame includes a pair of side walls and a top wall. The outer frame is configured to clamp at least one tube therein. The outer frame includes an main body and a pair of legs projecting downward from the main body. The tethers include at least one vertical tether that projects upward from the top wall of the inner frame to the main body of the outer frame.

Abstract: A lockbolt installation swage tool includes a collet assembly, a gear transmission assembly, and a sensor engine. The collet assembly has a multi-piece structural configuration to engage a pintail of the lockbolt. The gear transmission includes a pull shaft, an intermediate gear, a plurality of rollers, and a ring gear. The gear transmission assembly is operable to transfer rotation from an electric motor to a pull shaft that is operatively connected to the collet assembly. The sensor engine includes a plurality of sensors that include a plurality of redundant linear position sensors to detect linear positions of the pull shaft throughout its travel, one or more angle position sensors to detect angular orientations of the electric motor, and an electric current sensor to detect electric current at the electric motor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable guide (1) for a cable connection between a vehicle body (52) and a sliding door (54) comprising a first connection device (4), a second connection device (2) and an energy chain (3) running between the first connection device (4) and the second connection device (2), which has a stretched configuration when the sliding door (54) is closed and a deflected configuration when the sliding door (54) is open, wherein the energy chain (3) has a first end link (42) at one end and a second end link (42) at the opposite end (22), wherein the first end link (42) is pivoted on the first connection device (4) and the second connection device (2) comprises a tensioning device (24) for the energy chain (3).

Abstract: A method for setting a blind fastener comprising the steps of: providing a workpiece with a through hole; providing the fastener; providing a setting tool comprising: a tool housing; a screw tool with a male thread movable within the housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted and an extended positions; a first electric motor with a first drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the first drive shaft defining a first axis radially spaced from the tool axis; a second electric motor with a second drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the second drive shaft defining a second axis radially spaced from the tool axis and from the first axis; and a solid roller screw arranged for rotation and axial movement in the tool housing, and axially concentric with and in driving connection to the screw tool; supplying the fastener in front of the screw tool when the screw tool is in the retracted position; engaging the screw tool with the fastener; and setting the fastener to the workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying welding anomalies and discontinuities in stud welding using AI models. Instead of conventional welding accuracy methods (e.g. destructive and/or image generation methods) a processor may communicate with one or more sensors associated with a joining machine to retrieve joining data and attributes. The processor may then execute an AI model that is trained based on previously performed stud welding, their corresponding welding attributes, and their corresponding discontinuities and/or anomalies. The processor may execute the AI model using data retrieved from the sensors and may calculate a likelihood of a discontinuity and discontinuity attributes, such as, location, depth, and the like. The processor may also execute a second AI model to identify an appropriate course of action to remedy the identified/predicted discontinuity.

Abstract: A fastener provided with a pin and a body configured to insert the pin. The pin has a pin flange and a pin shaft extending in the vertical direction from the pin flange; and the main body has a bottom, an opening formed in the bottom for inserting the pin, a member to be mounted locking part formed vertically from the bottom along the opening in order to lock to the member to be mounted, a pin flange temporary holding part for temporarily fixating, before attaching to the member to be mounted, the pin flange at a first position opposite to the member to be mounted locking part relative to the bottom, and a pin flange lock for locking the pin flange at a second position closer to the bottom than the first position while mounted on the member to be mounted.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying welding anomalies and discontinuities using AI models. Instead of conventional welding accuracy methods (e.g. destructive and/or image generation methods) a processor may communicate with one or more sensors associated with a welding machine to retrieve welding data and attributes. The processor may then execute an AI model that is trained based on previously performed weldments, their corresponding welding attributes, and their corresponding discontinuities and/or anomalies. The processor may execute the AI model using data retrieved from the sensors and may calculate a likelihood of a discontinuity and discontinuity attributes, such as, location, depth, and the like. The processor may then display a visual representation of the discontinuities calculated using the AI model.

Abstract: A device for holding a stud with a radially flange and an axial shank. The holding device comprising a collet including a clamping section and a hollow insertion section defining an insertion axis such that the stud can be inserted via the insertion section to the clamping section. The holding device further comprising a tubular securing sleeve located radially inward of and concentric with the insertion section. A clearance is defined between a bottom end of the securing sleeve and a top end of the clamping section and is adapted to releasably receive the stud flange. A first air flow channel in a first direction is adapted to blow feed the stud into the collet; and a second airflow channel oriented in a second different direction is adapted to maintain the stud shank substantially in line with the insertion axis.

Abstract: A feeding and fastening device for a coin-shaped fastener and comprising: a punch tool; a feeding device configured to feed the fastener one at a time; a hollow pillar-shaped portion below the punch tool; a holding portion to temporarily hold the fastener fed though a side surface thereof and to release the fastener when the punch tool pushes down on that fastener; a part passage route portion below the holding portion for guiding the fastener downward in a vertical orientation by means of a cross section with a width that prevents inversion; a guide portion below the passage route portion guides the fastener from the vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation; and a fastening portion below the guide portion receives the fastener in the vertical orientation and locates the fastener above the workpiece until struck by the punch tool.

Abstract: A sufficient sealing property of a through hole is ensured. A sealing structure includes a cylindrically-shaped body part inserted into the through hole, formed of a thin plate of a first thickness, one end of the body part being open and another end of the body part being closed, a tapered part connected to the opened one end of the body part and including a diameter gradually expanding outward as a distance from the body part increases, and a first bent part connected to the tapered part, formed of a thin plate thinner than the first thickness, and bent inward so that a protruding part protruding outward elastically abuts against an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.

Abstract: A blind bolt with a bolt head, a shaft portion on which a male screw is formed, and a bolt. An outer nut having a polygonal outer surface, and an outer nut hole penetrating in the axial direction. A cylindrical valve sleeve formed with a sleeve hole and an inner nut having a cylindrical portion. A nut head portion formed at one end of the cylindrical portion, and an inner nut hole having a female screw formed in a part inside. A plurality of outer peripheral grooves, extending in the outer peripheral direction are formed on the outer circumference of the valve sleeve. The cylindrical portion of the inner nut being inserted into the sleeve hole of the valve sleeve, the tip portion of the cylindrical portion inserted into the outer nut hole of the outer nut to prevent the inner nut from rotating with respect to the outer nut.

Abstract: A grommet is configured to be fixed within a hole in a panel and to receive a stud to couple the stud to the panel. The grommet includes a hollow body having an inner surface and an outer surface, a flange disposed at one end of the hollow body, panel retention fingers protruding from the outer surface of the hollow body, and stud retention fingers protruding from the inner surface of the hollow body. The panel retention fingers are configured to engage a bottom surface of the panel when the grommet is fully inserted into the hole in the panel. The stud retention fingers are configured to engage an underside surface of the head of the stud when the stud is fully inserted into the hole in the grommet.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a ground apparatus and ground apparatus comprising an aluminum nut (16) having an internal thread and adapted to clamp an eyelet (28) of an electrical conductor on a corresponding contact area of the stud (12), wherein the nut (16) has at least one coating (30) which contains at least zinc, characterized in that the coating further comprises tin, in that the coating consists of an acid tin-zinc electroplating on the aluminum nut (16) and is such that the tin is between 60 and 80% by weight of the coating and the tin-zinc coating forms a layer with an average thickness of from about 5 to 16 microns.

Abstract: A U-base clip component can include a pair of rib coupling barbs which can extend inwardly from two opposing clip side walls. A seal component can include two opposing aperture retention wings coupled to a central wall. A first and a second component annular seal can extend from opposite respective sides of the central wall. The U-base clip component and the seal component can define an interior rib receiving cavity between both the clip side walls and the aperture retention wings. A pair of rib coupling barbs can extend into the interior rib receiving cavity from the clip side walls and the two opposing aperture retention wings can extend exteriorly from the clip side walls. The rib coupling barbs of the U-base clip can be designed to couple fastener to the rib and the aperture retention wings can be designed to couple the dual component sealing fastener to the aperture.

Abstract: A setting tool comprising: a first electric motor with a first drive shaft, which is arranged in a first housing portion and is connected to a tool housing portion via a first transmission; a tool shaft connected to a screw tool, and the screw tool is movable between a retracted and an extended position; a feeder with a fastener delivery tube, the delivery tube for delivering blind fasteners in front of the screw tool when in the retracted position; a second electric motor with a second drive shaft is arranged in a second housing portion and is connected to the tool housing portion via a second transmission; and the delivery tube merges with the tool housing portion through a receiver assembly, the receiver assembly comprising an interface channel connecting the delivery tube with the tool housing portion, such that the screw tool can engage with the blind fastener.

Abstract: An inner housing defines a pin retaining receptacle elongated in an X-direction with entry ramps extending parallel to the X-direction. The inner housing is slidably coupled to an outer housing and extends into an interior thereof. Centering protrusions of one housing can engage the other housing to initially retain the pin retaining receptacle of the inner housing in a central position within the interior of the outer housing in the Y-direction prior to insertion of the pin into the pin retaining receptacle. The other housing can be movable against the centering protrusion to permit the pin retaining receptacle of the inner housing to move out of the central position in the Y-direction in response to engagement of the pin against the entry ramps during insertion of the pin into the pin retaining receptacle.

Abstract: A die for deforming a workpiece material in a joining tool comprises a head with a top side partially defining a cavity in which the workpiece material is to be deformed, a bottom side opposite the top side, a lateral side arranged between the top side and the bottom side, and a stem which extends along a longitudinal axis from the bottom side of the head. The die further comprises an identification tag, preferably an RFID tag, having an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting a signal, and a storing element for storing information, and the antenna is wrapped circumferentially around the head, such that the antenna entirely surrounds the head. The head may also include a groove extending around the head on the lateral side with the antenna arranged in the groove. Additionally, the die may include a recess with the storing element located in the recess.