Patent ID: 7571950

Claim:
Reinforcing structure for a motor vehicle, comprising a dashboard cross-member ( 1 ) which is fixed with the ends thereof to the front left and front right pillars ( 2 , 3 ) of the vehicle, and a hollow tube ( 7 ) which has a length which is substantially less than that of the dashboard cross-member ( 1 ) and which is substantially parallel with the dashboard cross-member, the hollow tube ( 7 ) being fixed to an end portion of the dashboard cross-member ( 1 ), characterised in that the hollow tube ( 7 ) is rigidly fixed on the one hand to the dashboard cross-member by a first and a second connection element ( 8 , 9 ) so as to form a quadrilateral therewith and, on the other hand, with the end thereof close to the end of the dashboard cross-member ( 1 ), to the adjacent pillar ( 2 ) of the vehicle by means of a traction element ( 20 ) which is provided in the cross-section of the hollow tube.