Patent ID: 8440279

Claim:
A structural element for a motor vehicle, comprising: a hollow elongate first body ( 4 ) made of metal and having a closed cross-section defining a hollow cross-section; and a continuous second body ( 6 ) made of plastics material overmolded on the metal first body ( 4 ) completely around the closed cross-section defining the hollow cross-section such that each second body ( 6 ) is, in each cross-section of the first body ( 4 ), entirely situated outside a contour of the first body ( 4 ), the plastics material second body ( 6 ) including at least two rings ( 24 ) surrounding the metal first body ( 4 ), the rings ( 24 ) being non-connected to each other and longitudinally spaced apart from each other, the second body ( 6 ) being an upright, wherein, in any cross-section of the metal first body ( 4 ), the plastics material second body ( 6 ) is situated entirely outside the outline of the metal first body ( 4 ), and the ratio of the axial length (l) of each ring over the longitudinal distance (e, e 1 ) between the rings, is less than 1.