Reinforced device for temporarily holding an opening element in an ajar position
AssigneeExsto Thermoplastics
InventorBertrand LEON
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Abstract
A device for temporarily holding an opening element in an ajar position relative to a stationary element of a body of a vehicle, including a body provided with at least one mounting method, and a retaining method including a tab a first end of which is designed to cooperate with a first flange of a housing and a second end of which provides a junction with the body, wherein the tab includes, between the first end and the second end, an intermediate area including at least one section configured to distribute stresses applied to the tab when the device is moved to the ajar position or the fully open position.
Claims12
A temporary device for holding in an ajar position an opening element relative to a fixed element of a vehicle bodywork, comprising a body provided with at least one mounting means, and a retaining means comprising a tab whose first end is designed to cooperate with a first flange of a housing, the housing being directly integrated on the opening element or the fixed element of the bodywork or be positioned on an interface which will itself be fixed to the bodywork, the tab comprising a second end which provides a junction to the body, wherein the tab comprises, disposed between the first end and the second end, an intermediate zone comprising at least one section figured to distribute the stresses applied to the tab when placing the device in the ajar position or in the opening position, the section being designed to receive and absorb most of the stresses absorbed by the tab.
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