Patent ID: 9429176
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B60R,F16B

Claim Text:
1. An elastically averaged alignment system comprising: a first component comprising a plurality of alignment member groupings, each of the plurality of alignment member groupings including two first alignment members and a second alignment member extending outwardly away from each other; and a second component comprising a plurality of alignment apertures, each of the plurality of apertures including an inner wall having a first wall and an opposite second wall, wherein the first and second alignment members are an elastically deformable material such that when the first and second alignment members are inserted into one of the plurality of alignment apertures, the first and second alignment members elastically deform to be received by one of the plurality of alignment apertures and thereafter expand outwardly to retain the first component relative to the second component thereby establishing an elastically averaged final configuration to facilitate aligning the first component with the second component in a desired orientation.