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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Olaf Benkler, Neuhausen/Schellbronn, DE;
Markus Osswald, Leonberg-Höfingen, DE;
Matthias Zierle, Filderstadt, DE;
Olaf Benkler, Neuhausen/Schellbronn, DE;
Markus Osswald, Leonberg-Höfingen, DE;
Matthias Zierle, Filderstadt, DE;
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Weissach, DE;
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.