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Grab handle bracket

  • US 9,840,221 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2016
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An A-pillar grab handle attachment bracket comprising:

  • a first flange, a second flange, and a body portion connecting the first and second flanges, the first flange adapted to couple to a grab handle and the second flange adapted to couple to an A-pillar structure of a motor vehicle;

    wherein the first and second flanges are spaced apart, and the body portion extends between the first and second flanges and comprises a corrugation having walls that at least partially define a substantially arcuate and concave U-shaped channel adapted to receive an inflatable portion of a side air curtain bag of the motor vehicle, such that the inflatable portion of the side air curtain bag deploys through an open side of the substantially U-shaped channel between the first and second flanges, and wherein one of the first or second flanges form a side wall of the channel.

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