Airbag for vehicle occupant restraint system

An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising:

• an airbag panel (16) defining an inflatable airbag volume and including a front panel portion (18) and a rear panel portion (20),
• a tether (22) extending in the interior of the airbag (14) across the inflatable airbag volume,
• a discharge orifice (24) formed in the rear panel portion (20) of the airbag panel (16), as well as
• a first closing tab (26) and a second closing tab (28) for closing the discharge orifice (24) and extending from the interior of the airbag (10) in the direction of the discharge orifice (24),
• wherein the tether (22) extends from a first tether end (32) tightly connected to the front panel portion (18) in the direction of the discharge orifice (24) to an opposed second tether end (34),
• wherein the first closing tab (26) extends from a first tab end (36) tightly connected to the rear panel portion (20) to a second tab end (38) tightly connected to the second tether end (34), and
• wherein the second closing tab (28) includes a first tab end (40) with the first tab ends (36, 40) of the two closing tabs (26, 28) being fastened on opposite sides of the discharge orifice (24) from inside on the rear panel portion (20) of the airbag panel (16) so that, when the airbag (10) is completely inflated, the two closing tabs (26, 28) extend toward each other starting from the first tab ends (36, 40) substantially in parallel to the airbag panel (16), contact each other in the area of the discharge orifice (24) and then extend transversely to the airbag panel (16) while forming a fold (52), wherein the tear seam (42) abuts on the fold (52) and is formed in a closing tab portion which extends transversely to the airbag panel (16),
• wherein the two closing tabs (26, 28) are coupled by a connection configured to be released in response to a vehicle occupant (30) impacting on the inflated airbag (10) in order to open the discharge orifice and vent inflation fluid from the airbag volume.