Patents by Inventor Gordon N. Noll

Gordon N. Noll has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Alignment and Retention System for Laterally Slideably Engageable Mating Components
    Publication number: 20150283898
    Abstract: An elastically averaged alignment system includes a first component having first and second alignment features, and a second component having third and fourth elastically deformable alignment elements. The first and second components are laterally slidably engageable with each other. The third elastically deformable alignment element is configured and disposed to interferingly, deformably and matingly engage with the first alignment feature. The fourth elastically deformable alignment element is configured and disposed to interferingly, deformably and matingly engage with the second alignment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Steven E. Morris, Michael J. Wightman, Jennifer P. Lawall, Gordon N. Noll