Patent ID: 9061403
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An elastic tube alignment system for aligning an emblem lens with respect to an outer bezel, comprising: an emblem lens having an emblem first side; an outer bezel having a bezel first side; a plurality of upstanding elastic tubes connected to said emblem first side; a plurality of apertures formed in said outer bezel, each aperture having an aperture wall; wherein said plurality of apertures are geometrically distributed in coordinated relationship to a geometrical distribution of said plurality of elastic tubes such that each elastic tube is receivable into a respective aperture; wherein when each said elastic tube is received into its respective aperture an elastic deformation occurs at an interface between the tube wall and the aperture wall, wherein said elastic deformation is responsive to each said tube wall having a diameter larger than a cross-section of its respective aperture; and wherein said elastic deformation is elastic averaged over said plurality of elastic tubes such that the first component is precisely located relative to the second component.