Connection device for connecting a vehicle crash absorbing member to a vehicle body component
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorJohan Eklund
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Abstract
The proposed connection device includes attachment portions that are separated from each other such that the one of the crash absorbing member and the vehicle body component is insertable between the attachment portions. This allows for a transverse slidable motion of the one of the crash absorbing member and the vehicle body component with respect to the main body. Thus, the crash absorbing member or the vehicle body component, whichever is going to be attached to the attachment portions, is slidable in transverse direction, i.e. substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of e.g. the crash absorbing member.
Claims20
A connection device for connecting a vehicle crash absorbing member to a vehicle body component, the connection device comprising:
- a main body adapted to abut against the crash absorbing member and the vehicle body component, the main body is attachable to one of the crash absorbing member and the vehicle body component via a first set of attachment portions,
- wherein the attachment portions are separated from each other such that the one of the crash absorbing member and the vehicle body component is insertable between the attachment portions, thereby allowing for a transverse slidable motion of the one of the crash absorbing member and the vehicle body component with respect to the main body.
A method for detaching a vehicle body component from a crash absorbing member attached to each other by means of a connection device and elongated attachment members arranged in through holes of attachment portions of the connection device and the vehicle body component, the method comprising:
- removing the elongated attachment members from the connection device along a first axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the crash absorbing member;
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- sliding the connection device off the vehicle body component in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the crash absorbing member and perpendicular to the first axis.
A method for attaching a vehicle body component and a crash absorbing member to each other by means of a connection device and elongated attachment members, the connection device being attached to one of the vehicle body component and the crash absorbing member, the method comprising:
- transversely sliding the other one of the vehicle body component and the crash absorbing member in position between attachment portions of the connection device, and
- attaching the other one of the vehicle body component and the crash absorbing member to the attachment portions by means of elongated attachment members inserted through the other one of the vehicle body component and the crash absorbing member and the attachment portions in a direction along a first axis perpendicular to the direction of the transverse sliding motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.