Patent ID: 8246073

Claim:
An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising: an airbag folded into an airbag package; a cover that may be evacuated and encloses the airbag package; and a gas generator for inflating the airbag, wherein a section of the cover forms a receptacle, wherein at least one section of the gas generator is housed in the receptacle, wherein the airbag comprises an opening, which forms an inlet to an inflatable area of the airbag, wherein the gas generator is formed as a tubular gas generator, the tubular gas generator being longer in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the gas generator than in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas generator, wherein the opening has a hollow cylindrical area in which the receptacle is arranged, or the opening is formed as a hole in an airbag layer which forms a chamber of the airbag such that the receptacle projects into the hole of the airbag layer.