Patent ID: 8770617

Claim:
An airbag ( 12 ) of a vehicle occupant restraint system ( 10 ), comprising plural juxtaposed compartments ( 16 ) delimited outwardly by opposing external walls ( 18 ) and against each other by partitions ( 20 ), wherein the airbag ( 12 ), when in the inflated condition, has an overall bent elongate form in cross-section, wherein in the bending area one of the opposing external walls ( 18 ) includes a cut-out ( 22 ) which is closed by an inserted insert comprising a panel ( 24 ) that is tensioned in the deployed condition and that has in the bending area a length (L E ) different from an opposing external wall portion ( 28 ) so as to produce the bending, the panel ( 24 ) including a first edge portion attached to the one of the opposing external walls ( 18 ) along a first edge of the cut-out ( 22 ) and a second edge portion attached to the one of the opposing external walls ( 18 ) along an opposing second edge of the cut-out ( 22 ).