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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
Autoliv Development Ab, Vårgårda, SE;
Christoph Goertz, Röhrmoos, DE;
AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle airbag module having an airbag consisting of an airbag fabric, and an inflation device The airbag having a ventilation area closed by a covering prior to inflation. A restraining strap has one end in the interior of the airbag detachably mounted on a fixed compartment and another end affixed on the covering. On inflation of the airbag before the release of the restraining strap, the strap holds the covering closing the ventilation area. The covering is a three-dimensional element which is connected via at least one partial area of its perimeter to the airbag fabric and that it can be folded such that, on release of the restraining strap, the three-dimensional element is unfolded due to the effect of the gas flowing from the ventilation area into the covering The covering is held in position in a detachable overlap with a part of the airbag.