Subframe for a motor vehicle

A suspension subframe for a vehicle that can be mounted on a body of the vehicle comprising:

• front and rear cross members,
• side members, to which the cross members are connected, the side members and the cross members being connected so that a transmission unit can be positioned in the subframe between the side members and the cross members,
• bearing elements for suspension link control arms provided on said side members,
• a three-point bearing on the cross members and the side members for the transmission unit, and
• rearward and forward bearings on said side members by which the subframe can be fastened to the body of the vehicle,
• wherein each of said side members is formed by two structural members, an upper one of the two structural members being positioned nearly on top of a lower one of the two structural members, the two structural members defining a through opening for an axle shaft of the transmission unit therebetween,
• wherein the two structural members are joined approximately at their ends and are connected to the cross members,
• wherein rearward ends of the structural members, viewed in a direction of travel, lie approximately one on top of the other over a common stretch and are connected to one another,
• wherein the front cross member is connected to the structural members,
• wherein the structural members define gaps in at least one horizontal plane and at least one vertical plane, resulting in the through opening on either side,
• wherein ends of the structural members are flat in shape with an elevation to allow them to hold and be connected to the rearward and forward bearings, and are equipped with recesses corresponding to appropriate rearward and forward bearings,
• wherein the front cross member is equipped with a receiving depression for a housing stem of the transmission unit (G) and a first bearing of said three-point bearing for the transmission unit is located at the receiving depression on an inner side of the front cross member,
• wherein second and third bearings of said three-point bearing include the rear cross member and bearing elements on the upper one of the structural members, and
• wherein one of the bearing elements for suspension link control arms is connected to the upper one of the two structural members at its rearward end, and at the same time is equipped with a form-fitting depressed area designed to hold the rearward end of the lower one of the two structural members.