Patent ID: 6854761

Claim:
An airbag system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising: a generator housing including, first and second integrated channel walls, and a head impact element pivotably mounted to the first integrated channel wall, the head impact element having a starting position and a load position, wherein in the starting position the head impact element is suspended in and connected to the second integrated channel wall by a connection, and in the load position the head impact element is disconnected from the second integrated channel wall wherein the head impact element comprises a U-shaped bow, the bow having a web element and two legs connected by the web element, the web element including an additional upper channel wall, and the legs being pivotably mounted on the first channel wall, wherein in the event of a load the additional upper channel wall of the head impact element pivots downwardly in relation to the stationary second channel wall from the starting position to the load position, thus disconnecting the connection, and wherein the web has a raised retaining crease, wherein the second integrated channel wall has an impressed receiving crease, wherein in the starting position the retaining crease engages the receiving crease to form the connection between the head impact element and the second integrated channel wall, and wherein in the load position the retaining crease is swung out of the receiving crease to disconnect the head impact element from the second integrated channel wall.