Patent ID: 8191959

Claim:
A front end module for a motor vehicle and connected to a vehicle body, the front end module comprising: an assembly support disposed above longitudinal members of the vehicle body and having connecting limbs; fasteners; an upper crash cross-member connected to the longitudinal members, said assembly support connected to said upper crash cross-member and forms a rectangular closed frame, and for connection to said assembly support, said upper crash cross-member having vertically aligned bulkhead plates disposed in each case on an end side, and are connected to said connecting limbs of said assembly support via said fasteners, said connecting limbs together with said bulkhead plates form lateral frame sections, said vertically aligned bulkhead plates extending below said connecting limbs, said vertically aligned bulkhead plates directly connected to the longitudinal members; and a lower crash cross-member fastened at a distance to lower, free ends of said bulkhead plates of said upper crash cross-member, and said upper and lower crash cross-members form a further, rectangularly closed frame.