Patent ID: 6055788
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
Profiled vehicle supporting frame member having a longitudinally extending load supporting central web which is flanked on at least one side by an angled profiled leg, and having at least one angled portion, wherein:the central web and the at least one profiled leg are separate elements which are connected rigidly to one another;the central web is configured in the form of a plate which is bent to form the at least one angled portion;the at least one profiled leg is configured as a single-piece blank which is continuous over the length of the supporting frame member and has a continuous flange web, which follows the at least one angled portion, and a plurality of connecting lugs which adjoin one another and are separated from one another in a region of the bends of central web; andthe connecting lugs are bent at right angles to the flange web and are connected rigidly to an associated longitudinal side of the central web.