Patent ID: 7422272

Claim:
A module for a frame for a motor vehicle, the frame including a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending central side rail structures, the module comprising: a pair of tubular hydroformed side rail members, each of said pair of side rail members having a first portion and a second portion; and a laterally extending connecting structure connected between said pair of side rail members to secure said pair of side rail members in laterally spaced, fixed relation to one another; each of said first portions of said pair of side rail members extending longitudinally and each of said second portions of said pair of side rail members extending laterally relative to said respective first portion, each of said second portions of said pair of side rail members having an end being constructed and arranged to form a joint with a portion of a respective central side rail structure such that said end of each of said pair of side rail members extends generally laterally through a side of the respective central side rail structure and such that said laterally extending ends extend laterally in opposite directions.