An articulated device includes a rivet assembly for connecting first and second linkage assembly support arms together at common ends thereof. The rivet assembly includes a blind rivet having a rivet sleeve and a mandrel shaft with a mandrel head. The rivet sleeve and the mandrel shaft extend through first and second bearing holes in the common ends with the mandrel head being on the first arm adjacent to the first bearing hole. The rivet sleeve has a rivet sleeve head on the second arm adjacent to the second bearing hole. The rivet assembly includes a bearing sleeve extending between the rivet sleeve and the bearing holes. The bearing sleeve has a collar-type stop and a shoulder-type shaft stop with the collar-type stop lying against the first arm and the shoulder-type shaft stop lying against the mandrel head. The bearing sleeve has a ring-shaped stop adjacent the rivet sleeve head.
Articulated Device Between Linkage Assembly Support Arms of a Collapsible Roof
2015-11-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
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Articulated device between linkage assembly support arms of a collapsible roof
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