US 7,607,708 B2 · Adapter device for a grab handle

Abstract

An adapter device for a grab handle has a deformation element with at least two end regions. The end regions of the deformation element are connected to each other by at least one web and each have at least one fastening element for the grab handle. The deformation element is configured in such a manner that, in a first loading situation (normal use situation), it is supported by the retaining element and, in a second loading situation (crash situation), it is deformed in the region of the at least one web. The grab handle can thus be mounted in an extremely stable manner with regard to loading in a pulling direction, i.e. in the normal use situation, without the energy-absorbing deformation properties of the adapter device being adversely affected in the crash situation.

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Dependent claims

An adapter device for a grab handle, the adapter device comprising:

a retaining element having openings formed therein;
and
at least one deformation element supported by said retaining element and having at least two end regions and at least one web, said end regions of said deformation element being connected to each other by said at least one web and each having at least one fastening element for the grab handle, said end regions are cup shaped and pass through and are disposed in said openings of said retaining device, said deformation element configured such that, in a first loading situation, said deformation element is supported by said retaining element and, in a second loading situation, said deformation element is deformed in a region of said at least one web.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adapter device for a grab handle

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Adapter device for a grab handle

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Abstract

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