Patent ID: 7631895
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag module comprising: an airbag including two sections that can be inflated to restrain a vehicle occupant, wherein the inflated airbag defines a gap that runs through the two airbag sections separating the two sections from each other on a front side of the airbag facing the vehicle occupant, and wherein a maximum distance between inner sides of the airbag sections that are adjacent to the gap is dependent on a degree the airbag is filled, the distance decreasing as the airbag is filled, and a strap at least partially fastened to an outer skin of the airbag comprising at least a first and a second section of variable length, wherein the length of the first section increases or decreases to the extent the length of the second section decreases or increases, and wherein the length of the second section defines the maximum distance between the inner sides of the airbag sections.