Patent ID: 7635147
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag module for a motor vehicle, comprising: a cover for receiving an airbag, said cover separating an outside space of the airbag module from an inside space of the airbag module, an airbag that may be inflated with gas through an injection orifice in order to protect an occupant, and may be deployed through an openable region of the cover into the outside space of the airbag module, wherein the airbag includes a first outflow orifice arranged in the inside space of the airbag module when the airbag is inflated so that gas emerging from the first outflow orifice passes through the openable region of the cover into the outside space, and a gas generator for inflating the airbag, the gas generator configured to generate inflation gas that emerges from at least one gas outlet orifice of the gas generator and passing through the injection orifice into the airbag, wherein the airbag module includes a second openable outflow orifice, that is formed on a chamber surrounding the gas generator and is in fluid communication with the gas outlet orifice of the gas generator so that the gas flowing out through the gas outlet orifice is conducted at least partially into the outside space, the second outflow orifice being arranged so that gas emerging from the second outflow orifice passes into the inside space and from there through the openable region into the outside space.