Patent ID: 7845714

Claim:
An assembly support for a front end of passenger vehicles and light trucks, whereby this assembly support is made in hybrid construction using plastic and components of stiff material, and an upper cross member ( 1 ), lateral members ( 2 ) attached to them and below them with a flange plate ( 3 ) for connection with the face ends of vehicle longitudinal members and lower cross member ( 4 ) connecting the lower sections ( 2 . 1 ) of the lateral members ( 2 ), said assembly support characterized in that the lower cross member ( 4 ) consists of a shell body ( 5 ) with a flange ( 5 . 1 ) extending along its edge and projecting outward, and of a sealing part ( 6 ) overlapping its edge area ( 6 . 1 ) placed upon and in contact with the shell body flange ( 5 . 1 ), whereby the shell body ( 5 ) and the sealing part ( 6 ) consist of a stiff material, and whereby the flange ( 5 . 1 ) of the shell body ( 5 ) and the edge area ( 6 . 1 ) of the sealing part ( 6 ) are connected together and with the lateral members ( 2 ) by means of the injected plastic used for the hybrid design; and wherein the lateral member lower sections ( 2 . 1 ) also each consist of a shell body ( 7 ) with a flange ( 7 . 1 ) running along the edge and projecting outward and a sealing part ( 8 ) with its edge ( 8 . 1 ) overlapping placed on top of it, whereby the shell body ( 7 ) and the sealing parts ( 8 ) are made of a stiff material and the flange ( 7 . 1 ) of the shell body ( 7 ) and the edge areas ( 8 . 1 ) of the sealing parts ( 8 ) are connected together and with the other areas of the lateral member ( 2 ) and the lower cross member ( 4 ) by means of the injected plastic used for the hybrid design; and further wherein the lower cross member ( 4 ) and the lower sections ( 2 . 1 ) of the lateral member ( 2 ) each include separate shell bodies ( 5 , 7 ) and the sealing parts ( 6 , 8 ) connected with these shell bodies ( 5 , 7 ) by means of the plastic are formed as one piece.