Patent ID: 8246090

Claim:
A bumper beam made of sheetmetal with a central flange ( 11 ) having a vertical cross-section, two webs ( 12 , 13 ) and side flanges ( 14 , 15 ), the central flange being intended to point outwards from the vehicle and the beam having two fastening portions ( 16 , 17 ) for fastening to the vehicle ( 26 ), characterised in that the central flange ( 11 ) has, at the beam's fastening portions ( 16 , 17 ), a plurality of transverse recesses ( 30 , 31 ) which extend substantially from the top to the bottom of the central flange and which continue along the webs ( 12 , 13 ) for a maximum of 40% of the extent of the webs in the transverse direction of the vertical cross-section.