Patent ID: 8322738

Claim:
A stabilizing strut for a chassis of a vehicle, comprising: an elongated strut body made of sheet metal and having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, at least one first eye being arranged at said first longitudinal end and at least one second eye being arranged at said second longitudinal end, said strut body having a curvature at least such that, at least in a partial region, said strut body lies completely outside an imaginary connecting straight line between said at least one first and said at least one second eye, said strut body being built up from two individual sheet metal parts arranged one on each side of a longitudinal center plane, said two sheet metal parts having surfaces oriented towards one another, said surfaces being spaced from one another, said two sheet metal parts having peripheral edges between said at least one first eye and said at least one second eye, said two sheet metal parts being joined to one another at said peripheral edges on a first longitudinal side of said sheet metal part, which is oriented towards said imaginary connecting straight line, at least over a partial length of said first longitudinal side of said strut body, said partial length amounts to at least 50% of a total length of said first longitudinal side of said strut body, said two sheet metal parts not being joined to one another on a second longitudinal side of said strut body, which is oriented away from said imaginary connecting straight line, or being joined on said second longitudinal side at most over a partial length of said second longitudinal side of said strut body which amounts to not more than 50% of a total length of said second longitudinal side.