Roof handle

US11052803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HERO GMBH · CH

Inventors

• Volker Steck · Waldbrunn, DE
• Martin Meister · Bocholt, DE
• Milto Benjamin · Vellmar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N3/026
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A roof handle for vehicles comprises a carrier which can be fixed to a vehicle roof and on which a handle body is pivotably mounted in order to be pivotable between a holding position, in which a user exerts a substantially downwardly directed weight force on the handle body, and a starting position, in which the handle body is pivoted by a spring into a folded-up position with respect to the vehicle roof, the carrier comprising a molded body made of plastic on which at least one insert made of metal is provided, and the handle body being held on the insert made of metal via bearing elements. As a result, the roof handle can have a low dead weight and be optimally adapted to the geometry of a vehicle roof.