Patent ID: 8608197

Claim:
An airbag module for a motor vehicle, comprising a gas bag which for the protection of a person is inflatable by means of a gas generator, a vent opening through which gas originating from the airbag module can escape, and a device for controlling the outlet cross-section of the vent opening, which comprises at least one covering member with which the vent opening can be covered, in order to at least partly close the same, and which furthermore comprises an actuating mechanism which cooperates with the covering member, in order to vary the outlet cross-section of the vent opening, wherein the actuating mechanism includes a gas source and an element inflatable by means of the gas source, which during inflation cooperates with the covering member such that it effects a change in the outlet cross-section of the vent opening, wherein the inflatable element in the surroundings of the gas source is attached to a module component which serves at least one of the fixation of the gas bag on the airbag module and the accommodation of the gas bag in the airbag module, and wherein the vent opening is provided on the gas bag.