Patent ID: 7431334

Claim:
A vehicle occupant restraint device having a gas bag module ( 12 ), comprising a gas generator ( 14 ) for inflating a gas bag ( 16 ), at least one discharge opening ( 20 ) that is formed in a rigid component of said gas bag module ( 12 ), through which gas that is produced by said gas generator ( 14 ) and conveyed into said gas bag ( 16 ) can be discharged, and at least one closing device ( 22 ) for said discharge opening ( 20 ), which has an adjusting device and a plurality of covers of different pressure sensitivities, a specific one of said covers being placed in front of said discharge opening ( 20 ) by said adjusting device even before said gas bag module ( 12 ) is activated, so as to close said discharge opening ( 20 ) until a pre-established gas bag interior pressure is reached that is associated with the specific cover, and, when this interior pressure is exceeded, to at least partially release said discharge opening through bursting.