Patent ID: 7502204

Claim:
An assembly within a data storage system for attaching at least a first element to a second element, the assembly comprising: a first non-metallic connecting member including: a first member having a first surface; and a second member extending substantially perpendicular from a first end adjacent the first surface to a second end and having corrugated ridges that protrude outwardly from and are formed with an outer surface of the second member, wherein the second member is receivably engaged with apertures in the first and second elements a hole having a uniform width that extends continuously though the first member and the second member; a second component for insertion into the hole in the first non-metallic component, the second component including a width that is at least as great as the width of the hole such that upon insertion of the second component into the hole of the first non-metallic connecting member the corrugated ridges of the second member compress against inner walls of the apertures in the first and second elements.