Patent ID: 6302433
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B60R,D10B

Abstract:
A gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising an inflation opening, a fabric piece arranged inside said gas bag opposite said inflation opening and forming an outflow opening for compressed gas which flows through said inflation opening into said gas bag, and at least one tether which is likewise arranged inside said gas bag, said tether being arranged such that said compressed gas flowing out through said outflow opening from a volume surrounded by said fabric piece, substantially does not flow against said tether,said fabric piece when spread out flat having a generally rectangular central section and also four fastening sections, said fastening sections being arranged on shorter outer edges of said central section such that they extend starting from longer outer edges along the shorter outer edges toward a central longitudinal axis of the central section, said fastening sections each ending at a distance from said central longitudinal axis.