Patent ID: 7364191

Claim:
A gas flow distributor for a lateral airbag module, comprising: a holder configured to surround outflow openings of a gas generator, wherein the holder includes an impact element and a gas-guiding duct, wherein the gas-guiding duct is configured to guide gas flowing between the impact element and the gas generator, wherein the impact element is configured so that a gas flow emerging from the outflow openings of the gas generator impacts against the impact element and is thereby deflected and divided into a first gas flow and a second gas flow, wherein the first gas flow is deflected in a first direction along a circumferential surface of the gas flow distributor toward a first gas outlet region and the second gas flow is deflected in a second direction along the circumferential surface of the gas flow distributor toward a second gas outlet region, wherein the first and second gas flows emerge from the gas outlet regions along a tube axis of the gas generator, wherein the first and second gas outlet regions are opposite one another, wherein the gas generator comprises a tubular gas generator and the tube axis of the gas generator and a cross-sectional axis of the impact element are spaced apart from each other, wherein the first and second gas outlet regions are the sole gas outlet regions.