Patent ID: 8292325
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle occupant restraint system comprising a gas bag configured to be inflated with gas, which includes a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer connected with each other along their edges by a peripheral seam, and an outflow opening via which the gas can flow out of the gas bag, wherein the outflow opening is formed by an interruption of the peripheral seam such that the peripheral seam comprises first and second portions located on opposite sides of the outflow opening, and wherein the first and second portions extend continuously with adjacent peripheral seam segments and extend substantially perpendicular to an outer edge of the gas bag, and end at the outer edge of the gas bag, and an additional seam formed in a region of the outflow opening that at least partly closes the outflow opening, wherein the additional seam is configured such that it opens during an inflation process.