Apparatus for connecting a valve device to a vibration damper; vibration damper

Abstract

An apparatus for connecting a valve device, in particular a bypass device, to a connecting portion of a vibration damper comprises at least one elongate holding element with a first and a second axial end and a contact region which extends between the axial ends, wherein the holding element is arranged in the installed state such that the contact region at least partially encloses the outer circumference of the connecting portion and the axial ends of the holding element pass through receiving openings in a valve housing of the valve device, wherein respective securing elements of the apparatus are arranged at the axial ends of the holding element, said securing elements fastening the valve housing to the connecting portion by bracing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.