Patent ID: 9156506
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60R,B62D,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An elastically averaged alignment system, comprising: a first alignment portion comprising an alignment member and a first plurality of elastically deformable alignment elements, wherein the alignment member comprises an aperture formed in the first alignment portion; and a second alignment portion comprising an elastically deformable alignment member configured and disposed to be received by and deformably and matingly engaged with the alignment member and a second plurality of elastically deformable alignment elements configured and disposed to deformably and matingly engage the first plurality of deformable alignment elements, wherein the engagement of the alignment member and deformable alignment member and first plurality of elastically deformable alignment elements and the second plurality of elastically deformable alignment elements elastically average a predetermined position of the second alignment portion relative to the first alignment portion, wherein the elastically deformable alignment member comprises a deformable tube member extending substantially perpendicularly from the second alignment portion, wherein the first plurality of elastically deformable alignment elements comprise a first plurality of elastically deformable tooth elements that extend along a plurality of tooth axes, the alignment member comprising a plurality of spaced apart elongated apertures having a length that is greater than a width.