Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elastically averaged alignment systems and methods
- Patent Title (中): 弹性平均校准系统和方法
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Application No.: US14151279Application Date: 2014-01-09
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Publication No.: US09541113B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Steven E. Morris , Jennifer P. Lawall
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B25G3/00
- IPC: B25G3/00 ; F16D1/00 ; F16D1/09 ; F16B19/02 ; F16B5/07

Abstract:
In one aspect, a component for an elastically averaged alignment system is provided. The component includes a body, an inner wall formed in the body and defining an alignment aperture, and an alignment member. The alignment member includes a pair of tabs extending from the body, and the alignment member is an elastically deformable material such that when the alignment member is inserted into another alignment aperture of another component, the alignment member elastically deforms to an elastically averaged configuration to facilitate aligning the component relative to the another component of the elastically averaged alignment system. The alignment aperture is configured to receive another alignment member of another component of the elastically averaged alignment system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150194650A1 ELASTICALLY AVERAGED ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2015-07-09
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