Patent ID: 7048297

Claim:
A gas bag module comprising a module housing ( 12 ) and a covering cap ( 14 ), a side wall ( 15 ) on at least one of said module housing ( 12 ) and said covering cap ( 14 ), an outer wall ( 16 ) of said covering cap defining a front side of said module and an outer wall ( 18 ) of said module housing ( 12 ) defining a rear side of said module, whereby an outlet direction (R) is given that runs from said rear side to said front side of said module, said module housing ( 12 ) having first fastening elements ( 20 ) and said covering cap ( 14 ) having second fastening elements ( 22 ) which can be brought into engagement with said first fastening elements, characterized in that said first and second fastening elements ( 20 , 22 ) are arranged and aligned with respect to said side wall ( 15 ) such that an engagement of said first and second fastening elements ( 20 , 22 ), which prevents an uncoupling of said covering cap ( 14 ) and of said module housing ( 12 ) in a gas bag outlet direction (R), comes about through a movement of said fastening elements ( 20 , 22 ) relative to each other in a direction (E) that runs along said side wall ( 15 ) and transversely to said outlet direction (R), and said engagement of said first and second fastening elements ( 20 , 22 ) comes about through a rotary, relative movement between said covering cap ( 14 ) as a whole and said module housing ( 12 ) as a whole.