Patent ID: 8439412

Claim:
A forward structure of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least two vehicle chassis beams; at least two crash boxes are arranged at front ends of the at least two vehicle chassis beams; at least one transverse beam structure secured to the at least two crash boxes, the at least one transverse beam structure comprising: a first transverse bumper carrier arranged above the at least two crash boxes; a second transverse bumper carrier arranged below the at least two crash boxes, and wherein the at least two crash boxes are fixed in a left end area and a right end area of the at least one transverse beam structure between the first transverse bumper carrier and the second transverse bumper carrier and at ends of the at least two vehicle chassis beams, wherein the first transverse bumper carrier exhibits a closed and an oval-shaped hollow profile, and a longitudinal axis of the oval-shaped hollow profile of the first transverse bumper carrier is downwardly inclined toward an interior of the motor vehicle.