Patent ID: 7874580

Claim:
An apparatus for an airbag device for a motor vehicle, comprising: an airbag configured to be inflated to protect a vehicle occupant; a receptacle in which the airbag is arranged as an airbag package and that includes an outlet opening through which the airbag during inflation may emerge from the receptacle and expand; and a flexible protective covering that covers the airbag package in the region of the outlet opening; wherein the protective covering comprises: at least two flexible, sheet protective elements secured to the receptacle; wherein the flexible, sheet protective elements are connected to one another via at least one separable tearing line and that flank the airbag during inflation at least during a first period of time of the expansion of the airbag; wherein between the protective covering and the airbag provided as an airbag package, a flexible guide layer is arranged that is permanently connected to a first of the sheet protective elements, such that the first sheet protective element, together with the guide layer, forms a composite layer flanking the airbag during inflation of the airbag, wherein the composite layer formed by the guide layer and the first protective element has a greater expansion flanking the unfolding airbag during inflation than the first protective element has alone, wherein the guide layer is permanently connected to the first sheet protective element along a connecting line that extends along the tearing line, wherein the connecting line connecting the guide layer to the first sheet protective element is positioned closer to the tearing line than to a connecting portion of the first sheet protective element via which the first sheet protective element is secured to the receptacle in which the airbag is arranged.