Rahmenförmiges, mit einer bandförmigen Abdeckung einseitig verschlossenes Tragelement eines Kraftfahrzeuges

In a frame-shaped supporting element of a motor vehicle for supporting a bumper containing energy-absorbing material, in particular a U-shaped profile which is attached to longitudinal beams of the vehicle, having the longitudinal edges of the limbs of the U-shaped profile and possibly reinforcement webs provided within the U-shaped profile as frame parts, whose free space which is enclosed by the frame faces the bumper, and is permanently closed over the frame edges, adjoining the adjoining bumper, with a ribbon-shaped cover which faces the absorbent material of the bumper, the resistance of the ribbon-shaped cover to plastic deformation in the event of a crash is to be increased without increasing the weight of the cover. For this purpose, such a transverse beam is characterized in that the ribbon-shaped cover is of concave configuration at least between some of the individual frame edges opposite the adjoining bumper over the respective entire frame free space lying between these frame edges.