Patent ID: 8485553

Claim:
A frontal airbag assembly for protecting a seat occupant of a front passenger seat in a motor vehicle, the airbag assembly comprising: a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and an open top, the housing defining an airbag space; an inflatable compacted airbag cushion arranged in the airbag space and having a gas inlet; a gas generator attached to the housing and having a gas outlet in fluid connection with the gas inlet of the airbag cushion; a wrapper having a front end attached outside of the housing to the front wall or the bottom wall, and a rear end attached to the rear wall or the bottom wall, the wrapper extending from the front end upward to the open top, rearward across at least a portion of the open top and to the rear end; a split line in the wrapper extending in a transverse direction in an area covering the open top, the split line configured to tear during an inflation of the airbag cushion and to split the wrapper into a front portion and a rear portion; and a guide flap extending between the wrapper and the airbag cushion and configured to guide the inflation of the airbag cushion, the guide flap having an outer end attached to the wrapper between the front end and the split line, a first inward fold between the split line and the rear wall, and an inner end arranged between the wrapper and an upper portion of the front wall.