Patent ID: 7040654

Claim:
An air-bag arrangement for a motor vehicle comprising an air-bag, a gas generator having a flange member and an apertured base plate member spaced a predetermined distance away from the flange member, elongate elements being provided extending between the flange member and the base plate member, the air-bag having an opening forming a throat, the air-bag also having a plurality of apertures surrounding said opening, each aperture receiving a respective said elongate element, the arrangement being such that, in an accident situation, as gas from the gas generator is introduced to the air-bag, a part of the air-bag surrounding the opening moves into substantially sealing engagement with the flange member of the gas generator and such that, if the inflating air-bag impacts with an occupant of the vehicle, increasing gas pressure within the air-bag moves the part of the air-bag surrounding the opening towards the base plate member so that gas flows from the air-bag through a gas flow path defined at least partly by the space between the flange member and the base plate member.