Device for generating an impulse acting on a vehicle in a transverse direction of the vehicle

A device for generating an impulse acting on a vehicle in a vehicle's transverse direction as a result of energy released during an offset collision of the vehicle with an obstacle, comprising:

• at least one rigid compression-resistant beam extending in the vehicle's transverse direction,
• at least one support member for attaching the at least one beam in a rest position to a subframe or to a body structure of the vehicle,
• at least an actuator for displacing the beam substantially in the vehicle's transverse direction in the event of a collision, and
• at least one coupling device, which cooperates or is operatively connected, at least when the beam is displaced in the vehicle's transverse direction, with an aggregate and deflects the aggregate relative to the body of the vehicle in the vehicle's transverse direction at least in a region of an operative connection.