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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Irfan Sharif, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph A Hickey, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael Williams, Northville, MI (US);
Flondezi Godette, Saline, MI (US);
Michael Jon Gutowski, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Robert T Babcock, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A component positioning device including at least one resilient structure that centers the component. For example, a spring that acts between a grille and a grille opening to center the grille within a grille opening. The spring generating a reaction force sufficient to self-adjust the grille within the grille opening wherein opposing springs are deployed on either side of the grill with the springs exerting a force on and moving the grill until the force exerted by the opposing springs reaches equilibrium.