Patent ID: 7946614

Claim:
An occupant restraint device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a supporting structure of the motor vehicle comprising an outer side facing an exterior space of the motor vehicle and an inner side facing an interior of the motor vehicle; a motor vehicle seat comprising an outer side facing the inner side of the supporting structure; an airbag configured to deploy to restrain an occupant upon an application of force on the outer side of the supporting structure from the exterior space; a receptacle of the airbag arranged on the outer side of the motor vehicle seat; an openable region of the receptacle through which the airbag can be deployed into the interior of the motor vehicle; and a pre-crash detection device for identifying an imminent application of force on the outer side of the supporting structure from the exterior space, wherein, upon identifying an imminent application of force, the pre-crash detection device is configured to trigger a shifting of the receptacle from an inoperative position into an operative position along a direction of movement between the outer side of the motor vehicle seat and the inner side of the supporting structure, the receptacle moving along a vehicle transverse axis direction, and wherein the receptacle in the operative position is supported on the inner side of the supporting structure to oppose a deformation of the supporting structure counter to the direction of movement in the event of an application of force acting on the outer side of the supporting structure.