Patent ID: 7325867

Claim:
A bracket ( 12 ) for a motor vehicle, said bracket adapted to being fixed to a sill of the motor vehicle via flanges, said bracket having an opening ( 16 ) adapted for receiving a receiving element, said bracket ( 12 ) comprising: a hollow profiled section ( 6 ) having a first end ( 7 ) proximate to the sill and a second end ( 10 ) remote from the sill and being in the form of a piece of tube, a wall section at said first end ( 7 ) being notched or cut out to form wall parts ( 9 ) spaced apart from one another by gaps ( 8 ), a circular circumferential region ( 11 ) being formed at said second end ( 10 ), and a cover ( 13 ) secured to said circular circumferential region ( 11 ) and covering said second end ( 10 ) of the hollow profiled section ( 6 ) and having the opening ( 16 ) for receiving the receiving element, wherein the hollow profiled section ( 6 ) is a hydroformed part.