Patent ID: 8322748

Claim:
An airbag configured to be inflated and deployed by being supplied with gas into an interior thereof comprising: an inner surface forming the interior of the airbag; an outer surface on an opposite side of the inner surface, the outer surface facing an exterior of the airbag; a vent hole formed on the airbag; and a strap connected at one end to the airbag and at the other end to a component of the airbag or a mounting component of the airbag, wherein the vent hole is arranged in an area where one portion of the outer surface and its corresponding inner surface portion overlap with another portion of the outer surface such that the vent hole is covered by one of the overlapping one and another portions of the outer surfaces when the airbag is pulled by the strap, and wherein the one and another portions of the outer surface remain outside of the interior of the airbag when the one and another portions of the outer surface overlap when the airbag is pulled by the strap.