Patent ID: 7364193

Claim:
A gas bag module comprising: a gas bag ( 12 ), a gas generator ( 14 ), a first fastening element and a second fastening element, a section of said gas bag ( 12 ) being fastened between said first and said second fastening elements, a discharge opening ( 24 ) for diverting gas generated by said gas generator ( 14 ) and introduced into said gas bag ( 12 ), said discharge opening being able to be brought from a closed state into an opened state and comprising at least one opening ( 20 , 22 ) in said first and in said second fastening elements, with a section of said gas bag ( 12 ) extending over said discharge opening ( 24 ) in said closed state and said gas bag ( 12 ) being exposed in a region of said discharge opening ( 24 ) towards an interior of said gas bag, and means which partially destroy said gas bag ( 12 ) in said region of said discharge opening ( 24 ), in order to uncover said discharge opening ( 24 ), said means ( 24 ) for uncovering said discharge opening ( 24 ) are additional means functionally separated from said gas generator ( 14 ).