Patent ID: 8672355

Claim:
A frame longitudinal beam structure for a chassis frame of a utility vehicle, the beam structure comprising: at least one frame longitudinal beam of modular construction which extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction when in the mounted state, said frame longitudinal beam having a base profile extending substantially over an entire length of said frame longitudinal beam; said base profile having a plate-shaped central web extending substantially rectilinearly and substantially over an entire length of said frame longitudinal beam; said plate-shaped central web, as viewed in cross section, extending between mutually opposite frame longitudinal beam regions; and a plurality of supplemental profiles formed as separate components attached to said central web by way of an areal abutting connection, said supplemental profiles being disposed to form, along an extent of said longitudinal beam, at least two frame longitudinal beam regions with mutually different frame longitudinal beam profile cross sections, said supplemental profiles overlapping one another at least in regions in a central longitudinal beam frame region, which is situated between a front and a rear longitudinal beam frame region, as viewed in the direction of the frame longitudinal beam, and wherein said supplemental profiles overlap one another at least in regions on opposite sides of the central web.