Patent ID: 7614647

Claim:
A motor vehicle body, comprising: side members, each side member having at least a C pillar; a roof side member extending above the C pillar of each side member; a C pillar covering assigned to the C pillar; a head airbag assigned to a region of the roof side member such that, when triggered in a region of the C pillar, impinges on the C pillar covering assigned to the C pillar, and opens the C pillar covering along a desired rupture line; a catch strap to which the head air bag is assigned, one end of the catch strap engaging with the head airbag and an opposite end of the catch strap engaging with the C pillar; a guide element to which the C pillar or a component adjacent to the C pillar is assigned, said guide element guiding the head airbag and the catch strap upon triggering of the head airbag; and a wheel house covering holder, said guide element being assigned to the wheel house covering holder.