Connecting device for improved alignment

A method for connecting and aligning a pin and a receiving member, said receiving member having a receiving planar surface with at least one opening being big enough to provide space between the pin and the receiving member to allow freedom of movement for an alignment process, and a connecting device having a main body with a contact plane, said main body having at least one major surface lying in the contact plane and at least one opening, the method comprising:

• placing the connecting device with the contact plane towards the receiving planar surface so that an opening of the connecting device overlaps an opening of the receiving surface, to create a channel, and inserting the pin into said channel in a direction orthogonal to the at least one major surface,
• exerting a force between the at least one major surface lying in the contact plane of the connecting device and the receiving planar surface,
• aligning the pin towards the receiving planar surface by varying the pin with six degrees of freedom in the alignment process wherein the connecting device is slid over the receiving member in a lateral movement, and for all orientations, the at least one major surface lying in the contact plane of the connecting device and the receiving planar surface of the receiving member remain parallel to each other,
• wherein aligning the pin includes shifting a center axis of the pin laterally in the at least one opening with respect to a center axis of the channel to create an offset, and
• fixing the offset between the center axis of the pin and the center axis of the channel after the aligning,
• wherein only sidewalls of the at least one opening of the connecting device and the at least one opening of the receiving surface create sidewalls of the channel when aligned.

A connecting and aligning system, the system comprising:

• a pin and a receiving member having a receiving planar surface with at least one opening being big enough to provide space between the pin and the receiving member to allow freedom of movement for an alignment process, and
• a connecting device having a main body with a contact plane, said main body having two major surfaces lying in the contact plane and at least one opening whereby the connecting device is placed with the contact plane towards the receiving planar surface so that the at least one opening of the connecting device overlaps the at least one opening of the receiving surface, to create a channel, and the pin is inserted into said channel in a direction orthogonal to the at least one major surface,
• said system further comprising at least one member, said at least one member and two major surfaces configured in a way such that a force is exerted between the two major surfaces lying in the contact plane of the connecting device and the receiving planar surface of the receiving member,
• wherein the orientation of the pin with respect to the receiving planar surface of the receiving member can vary with six degrees of freedom in the alignment process and the connecting device is configured to slide over the receiving member in a lateral movement, and for all orientations, the two major surfaces lying in the contact plane of the connecting device and the receiving planar surface of the receiving member remain parallel to each other,
• wherein orientation of the pin varying with six degrees of freedom in the alignment process includes a center axis of the pin being able to be shifted laterally in the at least one opening with respect to a center axis of the channel to create an offset, and wherein the pin and receiving member are configured in a way to be able to be fixed with the offset between the center axis of the pin and the center axis of the channel after the alignment process,
• wherein only sidewalls of the at least one opening of the connecting device and the at least one opening of the receiving surface create sidewalls of the channel when aligned.