Patent ID: 7293799

Claim:
A gas bag module ( 10 ) having a gas bag ( 12 ), said gas bag having a front wall ( 14 ) facing an occupant ( 16 ) in an inflated state of said gas bag ( 12 ) and being engaged by a first end ( 18 ) of a destructible retaining element ( 20 ), said retaining element at least partially preventing an unhindered motion of said front wall ( 14 ) when said gas bag ( 12 ) is inflated, and a gas generator ( 22 ) for filling said gas bag ( 12 ), having a first discharge section ( 24 ) for a through flow of a first quantity of gas, said gas generator ( 22 ) having a separate, second discharge section ( 26 ), which can have a second quantity of gas flow through it in a way that is one of selectively independent of a release of said first quantity of gas and delayed in time with respect to said release of said first quantity of gas, said second quantity of gas being hot gas, which flows to said retaining element ( 20 ) through said second discharge section ( 26 ) so as to cause a destruction of said retaining element ( 20 ).