Claims
- 1. In combination, a substrate member and a member to be immobilized with respect thereto, at least one of the members having a through hole therein and the other member having at least a blind hole therein, said holes being in registry, an interior groove near the exterior surface of each member having a through hole therein and in the surface of said through hole, a self-locking dowel pin press fit into the holes to tie the two members together, said dowel pin having a solid shaft portion and a thin wall internally expandable extension section of the same diameter as the solid shaft portion of the pin on each end of the dowel pin facing an open hole, said thin wall extension being crimped into the groove to form a rib of uniform thickness the same as the extension and conforming to the shape of the groove, with the free end of said extension being tuck welded in place.
- 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the edge of the thin wall extension is crimped into the groove to form a flange on the extension which locks the pin in place.
- 3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said thin wall extension is snapped into the groove.
CONTRACTUAL ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made in the course of, or under, a contract with the UNITED STATES ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Date |
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2320389 |
Oct 1974 |
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