Patent ID: 7540531

Claim:
A vehicle airbag system comprising: a vehicle crash sensor that detects a vehicle impact; an airbag module that is provided in interior equipment positioned in front of at least a front-seat occupant and that includes an inflator and an airbag, wherein, when the vehicle crash sensor detects a vehicle impact, the airbag is deployed by activating the inflator in order to protect the front-seal occupant; at least two reaction-force plates, each of the reaction-force plates comprising at least one face, wherein each at least one face receives a reaction force of the airbag when the airbag is deployed and after the airbag has been deployed; a moving device that moves the reaction-force plates from a storage position to a predetermined operating position; and a holding device that holds the reaction-force plates at the predetermined operating position, wherein at a predetermined time, the reaction-force plates can be moved from the storage position to the predetermined operating position by the moving device, at which position each of the at least one face of the reaction-force plates receives the reaction force of the airbag.