Patent ID: 8408566
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A subframe for a front axle of a motor vehicle, the subframe disposed on a floor side of a vehicle structure and connected to a front axle transverse beam and to a vehicle body, the subframe comprising: stiffening element having rear fastening devices for fastening to a central tunnel of the vehicle body; and first and second longitudinal beams having rear ends, as viewed in relation to a direction of travel, connected to said stiffening element and diverging from one another at positions forward of the stiffening element, said longitudinal beams having free front ends with further fastening devices for mounting to the front axle transverse beam, each of the longitudinal beams forming a two-shell closed hollow beam having an upper shell that is of U-shaped profile in cross section and a lower shell that extends to said stiffening element and closes off said upper shell, the lower shell having a transversely running connecting plate extending between the longitudinal beams in a region of the rear ends of the longitudinal beams, the connecting plate having a profiled connecting web defining in a U-shape and adjoining the stiffening element.