Patent ID: 7617712

Claim:
An alignment device to be used with a mandrel of an installation tool to seat a radial flange of a structural member against a first surface of a workpiece, the radial flange located at a first end of the structural member, the alignment device comprising: an outer surface; an inner surface forming an opening through the alignment device, the inner surface having an inner diameter sized to be at least slightly smaller than a major diameter of a tapered expansion portion of the mandrel; a contacting surface extending substantially from the inner surface to the outer surface, the contacting surface sized to abut at least a portion of the first surface of the workpiece, a second surface of the workpiece opposing the first surface of the workpiece; a first receiving region adjacent to the inner surface, the first receiving region sized to receive the flange of the structural member such that the contacting surface abuts the first surface of the workpiece and surrounds the flange when the flange is against the workpiece; and a second receiving region having an outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the first receiving region, the opening extending between the first receiving region and the second receiving region.