Patent ID: 7201393

Claim:
A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system, said gas baa module ( 10 ) including a gas generator carrier ( 14 ) and a covering cap ( 24 ), said gas generator carrier ( 14 ) having a base ( 16 ) extending perpendicular to a central axis (A) of said gas bag module and a peripheral wall ( 18 ) extending in an axial direction from an outer edge of said base ( 16 ), said covering cap ( 24 ) having a side wall ( 30 ) extending in an axial direction from a front wall ( 26 ) of said covering cap ( 24 ), detent hooks ( 32 ) formed on an edge of said side wall ( 30 ) facing away from said front wall ( 26 ), said detent hooks engaging into corresponding detent openings ( 34 ) in said base ( 16 ) of said gas generator carrier ( 14 ), thus forming a detent mechanism for connecting the covering cap ( 24 ) to the gas generator carrier ( 14 ), an external diameter of said side wall ( 30 ) corresponds to an internal diameter ( 18 ) of said peripheral wall ( 18 ) and said detent openings ( 34 ) in said base ( 16 ) adjoin said peripheral wall ( 18 ), wherein said detent hooks ( 32 ) point outwards and engage behind an underside of said peripheral wall ( 18 ) facing away from said front wall ( 26 ).