Method and tool for aligning a striker with a latch

US6092271A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Chrysler Group LLC · US

Inventors

• Zlatko B. Stojkovic · Berlin Township, US
• Thomas Weber · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Don R. Johnson · Lubbock, US
• John D. Dredge · Livonia, US
• Larry M. Storinsky · Rochester Hills, US
• Jim Neubacher · Howell, US
• Scott Featherston · Bear, US
• Brad DiTomaso · Windsor, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53978
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A tool for aligning a striker with a latch for a door on a motor vehicle includes a base member and a tool locating member positioned perpendicular to an end of the base member. The tool also includes a tool holding mechanism positioned on a front face of the tool locating member for holding the alignment tool onto the vehicle, and a striker locating arm extending outwardly from another end of the base member. The alignment tool further includes a striker lead-in at one end of the striker locating arm for positioning the striker relative to the latch, and a cross member extending between another end of the striker locating arm and the base member for receiving the latch.