Patent ID: 7325827

Claim:
An airbag module and instrument panel assembly for a motor vehicle having at least one ventilation outlet and a ventilation duct attached thereto and arranged behind an instrument panel, and an airbag module which is fastened behind the instrument panel and having a gas generator and a folded airbag arranged within a housing, the airbag housing having within it a partition wall arranged to divide the airbag into a first and a second package, the first folding package being arranged adjacent to the ventilation outlet which is closed by a grill, the assembly comprising the airbag module being arranged adjacent to the ventilation duct in such a manner that, when the airbag module is triggered, the airbag unfolds into the ventilation duct and from there unfolds out of the instrument panel through the ventilation outlet opening, the pressure of the unfolding airbag moving away the grill arranged within the instrument panel.