Patent ID: 8141898

Claim:
An airbag module comprising: an airbag; and a tubular gas generator fastened to a module housing, wherein said tubular gas generator has gas outlet openings along the periphery of the tubular gas generator, wherein the tubular gas generator is fastened to the module housing by only a clamping ring that is movable in an axial direction along the tubular gas generator towards the centre of the tubular gas generator and over a section of the module housing, wherein the clamping ring has elongated sections separated from one another in an axial direction and extending away from one another in opposite axial directions, wherein the clamping ring is located around the tubular gas generator, wherein the module housing has an opening in the bottom of the module housing for inserting the tubular gas generator, wherein on the module housing below the opening a support for supporting the tubular gas generator is provided, and wherein the clamping ring is designed such that one of the elongated sections of the clamping ring extends below the support of the module housing to fasten the gas generator to the housing.