Patent ID: 7779529

Claim:
A method of coupling a device to a mating part, the method comprising: stretching an elastic material that is in contact with the device; inserting the elastic material and the device into a hole in the mating part, wherein the inserting includes placing the elastic material in at least part of a gap between the device and the mating part, with a space between the elastic material and the mating part; and after the inserting, relaxing the elastic material, thereby allowing the elastic material to fill the at least part of the gap between the device and the mating part, wherein the relaxing includes the elastic material filling the space and coming into direct contact with both the device and the mating part, and mechanically coupling the device to the mating part; wherein the elastic material is a sheet elastic material; wherein the stretching the sheet elastic material thins the sheet elastic material; and wherein the relaxing increases thickness of the sheet elastic material.