Patent ID: 8029045

Claim:
A crossbeam for a motor vehicle, comprising a crossbeam body having a longitudinal axis, at least one attachment device arranged at said crossbeam body for attaching at least one vehicle component of said motor vehicle to said crossbeam, said attachment device having an attachment body fastened to said crossbeam body and extending in direction of said longitudinal axis of said crossbeam body over a partial length of said crossmember body and away from said crossbeam body in direction transverse to said longitudinal axis, a plurality of attachment elements arranged on said attachment body for attaching said at least one vehicle component to said attachment body, wherein said attachment body is built up from a plurality of individual blanks which are fastened to said crossbeam body in a distributed manner over said partial length, each of said blanks having a blank area extending transversely to said longitudinal axis of said crossbeam body, wherein said plurality of blanks comprise at least three individual blanks, said plurality of blanks forming a ribbed structure of said attachment body, wherein two neighboring blanks of said plurality of blanks being connected to one another at free ends oriented away from said crossbeam body of said at least two neighboring blanks by at least one rigid linking element, wherein at least one attachment element of said plurality of attachment elements is fastened to said two neighboring blanks of said plurality of blanks in a gap between said two blanks, and wherein said at least one linking element is said at least one of said plurality of attachment elements.