Vehicle Seat for a Motor Vehicle

A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle has a backrest frame with a back region and at least one lateral region, and at least one force converter. The force converter has an impact region arranged on the lateral region for absorbing an input force, a deflecting region, and a thrust region arranged on the back region for outputting an output force. The force converter converts the input force into the output force. The impact region is designed such that in the event of a lateral impact, the impact region contacts a vehicle occupant, and the input force caused by the inertia of the vehicle occupant thus produces an input displacement of the impact region relative to the lateral region. The deflecting region is designed such that the input force absorbed by the impact region and the input displacement are deflected onto the thrust region. The thrust region is designed such that the input force and the input displacement produce an output displacement of the thrust region with an output force, whereby the vehicle occupant in contact with the thrust region is moved away from the back region.