Patent ID: 7393006

Claim:
An airbag device for protecting occupants in a motor vehicle having a roof frame in a roof area which extends longitudinally with the direction of the vehicle, and a roof strut above a windshield and at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said airbag device comprising: an airbag which prior to inflation is accommodated in a folded-up state in the roof area, and which inflates downward to extend curtain-like in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a first section of the airbag disposed longitudinally along the roof frame; a second section of the airbag bent inwards from the first section of the airbag around a folding point and disposed above the windshield along the roof strut; a fastening means in the vicinity of the folding point for fastening the first section of the airbag to the roof frame; and a detachable holding means for fixing the second section of the airbag to the roof strut prior to inflation and wherein during inflation at least a portion of the second section of the airbag becomes detached from the roof strut via the detachable holding means.