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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2011
Udo Gaumann, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Frank Sauer, Niedernberg, DE;
Steffen Weigand, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Takata AG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Abstract
An airbag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag module comprising an airbag and having a visible surface, facing the vehicle interior when installed, which is formed by different segments of the airbag module, wherein at least two of the segments have optically and/or haptically different surfaces. At least two of the segments each have at least one mechanical interface by means of which they can be mechanically connected to at least one of the other segments, forming a connecting area, and at least one of the segments forms at least one tear line, wherein upon tearing open the tear line in the event of deployment an opening is produced in the visible surface through which the airbag can exit the airbag module. Here the mechanical interfaces are designed in such a way that upon tearing open the tear line they endure and do not open.