Patent ID: 8220857

Claim:
A tubular dashboard beam: the beam having a circular cross-section, the beam configured to extend transversely between vertical pillars of a motor vehicle, the beam having i) a first end configured to be located in a region of a driver's seat of the motor vehicle and to be fixed to a vertical pillar of the motor vehicle, and ii) a second end configured to be located in the region of the passenger seat of the motor vehicle has a diameter which is equal to the diameter of the first end, the beam being formed in one piece and having at least two different diameters between the first and second ends, a largest diameter of the beam being in the region of the first end of the beam, the second end of the beam having a diameter which is equal to a largest diameter of the first end of the beam, wherein at least the first end of the beam is partially crushed so as to have a cross-section in the form of a circular arc whose chord which closes the cross-section extends at one side and the other of the circular arc, providing a planar face whose lateral edges surround a curved face of the circular arc.