AIRBAG MODULE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A GAS GENERATOR IN AN AIRBAG

An airbag module () comprises an airbag () and an elongate inflator () having at least one laterally projecting fastening bolt (), wherein the airbag () comprises a cushion portion () and an insertion portion () for receiving the inflator () in an inserting direction (R), wherein the insertion portion () is arranged, with the airbag () being not inflated and flatly spread, on a side of the cushion portion () and includes one boundary () close to the cushion portion () and one boundary () remote from the cushion portion (). The flatly spread airbag () has a front peripheral portion () and an opposed rear peripheral portion (). The insertion portion () is wider than a diameter (d) of the inflator () and has at least one hole () for the fastening bolt () of the inflator () to pass through. The insertion portion () is angled toward the insertion opening () on the side remote from the cushion portion () opposed to the adjacent rear peripheral portion ().