Patent ID: 7458169

Claim:
A locator dowel assembly for locating a fixture plate with an opening therethrough relative to a base plate with a hole, the assembly comprising: a bushing designed to be frictionally engaged in the opening in the fixture plate and including an inner wall thereof defining a central opening extending through the bushing and the fixture plate, the central opening having a constant diameter along the length thereof; a locator dowel having an elongated body and having a tool engaging feature at an externally accessible portion, the locator dowel having a diameter slightly smaller than the constant diameter of the bushing to allow relative sliding movement therebetween; and stop and capture apparatus including a longitudinally extending slot in the outer periphery of the locator dowel and a stop member positioned in the inner wall of the bushing and extending radially into the central opening, the stop member being engaged in the longitudinally extending slot in the locator dowel, the slot forming a stop to limit vertical movement of the locator dowel in the bushing and capturing the locator dowel in the bushing.