Profiled beam for the frame of a commercial vehicle and method for its manufacture

A profiled support member for use in a vehicle frame has a central web, flanked on at least one side by at least one angled-off flange, and is provided with at least one angled portion. The central web and the at least one profiled leg are produced separately and connected rigidly to one another. The central web is configured in the form of a plate and is bent to form at least one angled portion. The at least one profiled leg is configured as a single-piece blank which is continuous over the length of the profiled support and has a continuous flange web, which follows the at least one angled portion, and a plurality of connecting lugs which adjoin one another and are separated from one another in the region of bending edges of the central web. The connecting lugs are bent at right angles to the flange web and are connected rigidly to an associated longitudinal side of the central web.