Patent ID: 7398993

Claim:
An airbag for a motor vehicle that can be inflated to protect a vehicle occupant, comprising: a covering that forms a gas-tight interior space that can be filled with gas, wherein the covering comprises an inflow opening; a contact region that is configured to contact a gas-conducting pipe that conducts gas through the inflow opening and into the gas-tight interior space to inflate the airbag, wherein the contact region surrounds the inflow opening and encloses the gas-conducting pipe in a sealing manner along a circumferential direction of the gas-conducting pipe; and a protective layer that is arranged to protect the covering from hot gas that fills the interior space of the covering, wherein the protective layer comprises at least one fastening region that connects the protective layer to the covering, wherein the at least one fastening region is connected to the contact region; wherein the covering includes a U-shaped cutout that is bounded by an inner encircling edge of the covering; wherein the contact region that is configured to contact the gas-conducting pipe extends vertically downwards into an interior portion of the cutout, wherein the contact region is configured to engage with a vertically arranged gas-conducting pipe so that a longitudinal axis of the gas-conducting pipe is arranged in a vertical direction of the vehicle.